Medals to the Liverpool Regiment from the Collection of Hal Giblin

Pair: Captain L. N. Winder, 18th (‘Pals’) Battalion, later 12th and 1/7th Battalions, Liverpool Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); together with a superb group photograph of the officers of the 1/7th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, taken Christmas 1918, in which each individual is identified including recipient, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to the Liverpool Regiment from the Collection of Hal Giblin.

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Leonard Norman Winder was born at Aughton, near Ormskirk on 10 February 1895 and educated at Merchant Taylors School, Crosby. Prior to the war he worked as an apprentice insurance clerk for the Scottish Widows, before enlisting into the ranks of the 2nd Liverpool ‘Pals’ on 1 September 1914. He was discharged to a commission in the 18th ‘Pals’ Battalion on 22 May 1915, subsequently serving with both the 12th and 7th Battalions, with whom he served for the duration of the war, attaining the rank of Captain.