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14 February 2024

Hammer Price:
£300

Six: Captain H. W. N. Dadswell, Royal Signals

India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935, with unofficial retaining rods between and above clasps (6336253 Cpl. H. Dadswell. R. Signals.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (6336253 Sjt. H. W. N. Dadswell. R. Signals.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Harry W. N. Dadswell) mounted as worn, very fine, the Mohmand clasp scarce to British troops

Harry William Norman Dadswell was born in Tonbridge, Kent, in 1904. He witnessed extensive service in India on the North West Frontier and was later appointed War Substantive Captain in the Royal Corps of Signals on 16 November 1944 (Emergency Commission). He died in Croydon in 1970.