Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4342592 Pte. R. W. Willis. E. York. R.) good very fine £80-£100

Robert William Willie was born in Driffield, Yorkshire, on 13 June 1912 and attested for the East Yorkshire Regiment at Middlesbrough on 10 January 1933. He served with the 2nd Battalion in pre-War Palestine from 14 September 1936 to 10 December 1937, and then with the 7th Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force from 29 September 1939 to 11 April 1940, sustaining an injury to his right knee on 12 March 1940. Promoted Corporal on 30 January 1941, he spent the next four years at home, and then saw further service in North West Europe post D-Day from 8 July 1944, transferring to the Black Watch as a Sergeant on 3 August 1944. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 13 January 1946.

Sold with the recipient’s original Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book; and copied record of service, which lists entitlement to the 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; and War Medal 1939-45..