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Five: Warrant Officer Class II T. J. Barnes, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, who was woun...
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Five: Warrant Officer Class II T. J. Barnes, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was wounded by gun shot on Hill 112 in Normandy, July 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (778613 W.O. Cl.2 T. J. Barnes. D.C.L.I.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (5) £140-£180 --- Thomas John Barnes was born in Penzance, Cornwall, on 18 December 1910, and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 12 January 1929, having previously served in the Royal Artillery (Cornwall), Territorial Army. He was promoted Sergeant on 28 July 1939, and served during the Second World War in North West Europe as an Acting Warrant Officer Class II from 19 June 1944, suffering a gun shot wound to his right shoulder on Hill 112 in Normandy in July 1944. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 19 of 1948, and subsequently reverted to the permanent staff of the Territorial Force, still serving in 1961. He died in Truro on 7 June 1971. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
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Five: Warrant Officer Class II T. J. Barnes, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was wounded by gun shot on Hill 112 in Normandy, July 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (778613 W.O. Cl.2 T. J. Barnes. D.C.L.I.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (5) £140-£180 --- Thomas John Barnes was born in Penzance, Cornwall, on 18 December 1910, and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 12 January 1929, having previously served in the Royal Artillery (Cornwall), Territorial Army. He was promoted Sergeant on 28 July 1939, and served during the Second World War in North West Europe as an Acting Warrant Officer Class II from 19 June 1944, suffering a gun shot wound to his right shoulder on Hill 112 in Normandy in July 1944. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 19 of 1948, and subsequently reverted to the permanent staff of the Territorial Force, still serving in 1961. He died in Truro on 7 June 1971. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
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