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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 410

Three: Private R. Turner, Lincolnshire Regiment, killed in action during the Battle of Ngakyedauk on 8 February 1945

1939-45 Star (14637534 Pte. R. Turner 1/Lincs); Burma Star (14637534 Pte. R. Turner 1/Lincs K.I.A. 8-2-45); War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display, with named box of issue good very fine (3)

Raymond Turner was born at King's Cross, Halifax in 1925 the son of Thomas and Ruth Hannah Turner. He served with 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment in Burma during the Battle of Ngakyedauk sometimes called the Battle of the Admin Box. It is conjectured that he may have been one of the casualties from the hospital, massacred when the Japanese troops overran that building on the evening of 7 February as his death was listed on 8 February. The new allied tactic of digging-in and holding their ground rather than withdrawing to avoid encirclement was a success and the Japanese advance was halted by lack of supply. Turner was buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery; sold together with original documents relating to the recipients burial and copied research including a casualty list, burial details and an extract from an online essay written on the recipient and well as an extract on the Lincolnshire Regiment and a cutting from a newspaper article on the Mountbatten and an original photograph of the recipient.

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£120

Starting price
£80