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Four: Private G. Woodfine, Manchester Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Bu...
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Four: Private G. Woodfine, Manchester Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (3520160 Pte. G. Woodfine. Manch. R.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; ; together with the recipient’s Dunkirk Commemorative Medal, all mounted court-style for display with white metal fleur de lys Manchester Regiment cap badge and Dunkirk Veterans Association lapel pin badge, good very fine and better (5) £100-£140 --- George Woodfine was born on 26 April 1903 at Runcorn, Cheshire. He attested for service in the Manchester Regiment on 5 January 1925, his address on enlistment was at Back Lane, West Derby, Liverpool. He served with 1st Battalion in India and Burma and was discharged time expired on 22 November 1932. On the outbreak of the Second World War he rejoined his regiment and was was posted to the Machine Gun Training Company of the 1/9 Battalion. On 15th April 1940 he embarked with his battalion to join the B.E.F. at Le Havre, before moving to reinforce the 2nd Battalion of his regiment at the Belgian border until ordered to retreat to Dunkirk on 1 June 1940. He remained in the U.K. for the remainder of the War, being posted to the East Surrey Regiment in March 1943. He was discharged ‘Permanently unfit for any form of military service’ on 28 December 1944, his conduct being noted as ‘Exemplary’. He died at Huyton, Liverpool, on 13 December 1966. Sold with copied research.
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Four: Private G. Woodfine, Manchester Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (3520160 Pte. G. Woodfine. Manch. R.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; ; together with the recipient’s Dunkirk Commemorative Medal, all mounted court-style for display with white metal fleur de lys Manchester Regiment cap badge and Dunkirk Veterans Association lapel pin badge, good very fine and better (5) £100-£140 --- George Woodfine was born on 26 April 1903 at Runcorn, Cheshire. He attested for service in the Manchester Regiment on 5 January 1925, his address on enlistment was at Back Lane, West Derby, Liverpool. He served with 1st Battalion in India and Burma and was discharged time expired on 22 November 1932. On the outbreak of the Second World War he rejoined his regiment and was was posted to the Machine Gun Training Company of the 1/9 Battalion. On 15th April 1940 he embarked with his battalion to join the B.E.F. at Le Havre, before moving to reinforce the 2nd Battalion of his regiment at the Belgian border until ordered to retreat to Dunkirk on 1 June 1940. He remained in the U.K. for the remainder of the War, being posted to the East Surrey Regiment in March 1943. He was discharged ‘Permanently unfit for any form of military service’ on 28 December 1944, his conduct being noted as ‘Exemplary’. He died at Huyton, Liverpool, on 13 December 1966. Sold with copied research.
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