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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 585

Six: Colour Sergeant H. Lancaster, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, late York and Lancaster Regiment, who was wounded at Salerno and taken Prisoner of War

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53 (21013003 C.Sjt. H. Lancaster. D.W.R.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, overall very fine (6)

Harold Lancaster was born on 9 December 1938 and enlisted on 1 October 1942. He served with the 6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment with the number 14355009 during the Second World War. Seeing service with his battalion during the Salerno Landings, Lancaster was wounded there on 12 October 1943. He was later posted as missing in action on 22 January 1944 and soon confirmed to be in German hands, a newspaper article relates:

'News has been received that Pte. Harold Lancaster, whose home address is 152, Westfield-rd., Hull, and who was previously reported missing, is now a prisoner of war in German hands
Before joining the Army he was an employee of the Hull Coronation.'

Lancaster spent the rest of the war at in Stalag 4f Harmansdorf, Chemnitz. He was liberated by the Americans in March 1945 and recalled for the Korean War with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. He was later to serve as Company Quartermaster Sergeant at Gibraltar in 1955 with the same unit; sold together with copied casualty lists and a photograph of the '1st Battalion Duke of Wellington's WOs & Sgts Mess - Gibraltar 1955'.

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Sold for
£210

Starting price
£150