The Collection of Medals to the Leicester Regiment and Yeomanry formed by the late Trevor Harris

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (4857807 Pte. H. Tudor, Leic. R.) extremely fine £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Leicester Regiment and Yeomanry formed by the late Trevor Harris.

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Harry Tudor, a member of the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, died on 21 September 1944, while a P.O.W. of the Japanese - the regimental roll notes ‘PLS’ alongside his name and is believed to signify that he was actually lost at sea, a fate not unknown to prisoners who were often transported in shocking conditions aboard enemy vessels vulnerable to Allied attack. The son of George and Clara Tudor of Rodington, Shropshire, he was 31 years of age and is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.