A Collection of Medals to the 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Five: Corporal J. G. Halsey, 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

British War and Victory Medals (13096 Pte. J. G. Halsey, K.R. Rif. C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6838686 Cpl. J. Halsey. K.R.R.C.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (6838686 Cpl. J. G. Halsey. K.R.R.C.) contact marks, nearly very fine or better (5) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps.

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John George Halsey was born in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, on 19 June 1898. Prior to the Great War he lived briefly in Cork, Ireland and then at Brickwall Lodge, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, where his father was employed as a gamekeeper. He served in the Great War with the 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, and remained with the Regiment, subsequently serving with the 2nd Battalion K.R.R.C. in Palestine, before being discharged on 17 April 1937.