A MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL TO CORPORAL WILLIAM SHARPLE...

A MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL TO CORPORAL WILLIAM SHARPLES OF THE 62ND. A Military General Service Medal with Nive clasp named to W Sharples Corpl 62nd Foot. The roll records 88 Military General Service Medals to the 62nd, 58 of these with two clasps and none having more than two clasp. The 62nd Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment were awarded 64 clasps for Nivelle and 83 for Nive. William Sharples is confirmed to the roll with the single clasp making his one of only 26 such awards to the 62nd and one of two to Corporals. William Sharples is recorded as being from Blackburn in Lancashire. Provenance: Sotheby's 18th April 1910, 'A Portion of the Valuable & Important Collection of British and Foreign War Medals & Decorations the property of Robert Day Esq JP FSA etc Myrtle Hill House, Cork', lot 83, when sold for £6.2s.6d. to 'Height'. Glendinning's June 1941. The Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Benskin Green Collection, loaned to 'The Wardrobe' Military museum Salisbury by Dr J. Green 1982 - 2026.

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