POST WW2 GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL PALESTINE 1945 LCPL HILBERY ROYAL SIGNALS CORPS

Description

Offered is a General Service Medal (1918 – 62) 1 clasp PALESTINE 1945 – 48, impressed named 19108990 L/CPL. A. HILBERY. R.SIGS. Comes with copy medal roll.

lance Corporal A. Hilbery served in Palestine with the Royal Signals Corps. From the declaration of the state of emergency on 27 September 1945 until the withdrawal of British troops in June 1948, Royal Signals lost one officer and 23 soldiers to terrorist action. A much larger number were wounded, some very seriously. In addition, one officer and 26 soldiers died of illness, in accidents and from other causes. The casualties are commemorated on the Royal Signals Roll of Honour and on the Armed Forces Memorial.