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A Second World War campaign medal trio and associated family archive pertaining to Private Hubert Ormondroyd of the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), service number 4350072. The group comprises a 1939-1945 Star, a Defence Medal, and a War Medal 1939-1945. The 1939-1945 Star is a bronze six-pointed star with a central GRI VI monogram surmounted by a crown. The Defence Medal is struck in cupro-nickel and features the bareheaded effigy of King George VI to the obverse, with two lions flanking a crowned oak tree to the reverse. The War Medal 1939-1945 is struck in cupro-nickel and features the crowned effigy of King George VI to the obverse, with a lion standing upon a fallen dragon to the reverse.
The medals are accompanied by their original posthumous transmission slip from the Under-Secretary of State for War and the Army Council, specifically named to Pte. H. Ormondroyd. Also included is the original cardboard O.H.M.S. mailing box addressed to the soldier’s widow, Mrs. E. Ormondroyd, 12 Clare Road, Wyke, Bradford. Further provenance is provided by a certified copy of an entry of birth for Patricia Margaret Ormondroyd, dated 18th September 1942, which records the father’s details as Pte. W. Yks. 4350072 (Insurance Agent), confirming the recipient’s regiment and service number.
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