SPARROW Alan Burnaby Lieut

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Surname: SPARROW;

Forename(s): Alan Burnaby;

Initials: AB;

Rank: Lieut;

Previous Battalion: 2 of;

Previous Regiment: E Yorks Regt;

Date of transfer to MGC: 23-Oct-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 203 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 34 Bn;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 8 Bn;

Other Data: Inns of Court OTC
signed war diary June 1917
wounded 203 Coy Aug 1917 - fragment of shell in thigh
joined 34 Bn May 1918
Trio & GSM offered DNW Sept '05
Date of Auction: 23rd September 2005
Sold for £260
Estimate: £120 - £160
Four: Captain A. B. Sparrow, East Yorkshire Regiment, late Hampshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps

1914-15 Star (Lieut., Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut.), mounted court style as worn, some contact marks, very fine (4) £120-160

1920: 8 Bn MGC, Mhow, India
Lloyds Bank, Hythe, Kent;

Other Notes: GS Medal "Iraq" attd MGC;

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