A Rare WW2 Burma Campaign 'Forgotten 14th' Efficiency Medal group awarded to 873676 Pte C.H. Harry, 1st Battalion the Highland Light Infantry.

Christopher Humphries Harry was born on the 22nd of April 1917, at St. Ives, Cornwall, and initially enlisted in the Royal Artillery at Exeter in 1937. He later transferred to the Highland Light Infantry, serving with the 1st Battalion during WW2, and later the Royal Scots Fusiliers.

The 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry landed in France during September 1939 as part of the B.E.F, only to be evacuated, having suffered heavy casualties during the Battle of France and the Dunkirk evacuations during June 1940. The Battalion later served in the Middle East, and North West Europe and the Normandy landings and subsequent advances into Germany.

Some officers and other ranks were detached, or seconded, to serve with the 12th Frontier Force Regiment, or Chindits, as part of the famous 14th Army, or ‘the forgotten fourteenth’, in Burma. Harry would have been one of them.

Harry was awarded his Efficiency Medal during 1946 (Army Order 196/46) and the clasp was awarded on the 7th of October 1955 (Army Order 115/1955).

His medal card which confirms this medal entitlement, also shows at the time of his discharge on 6 March 1946, his address was at 10 Gabriel Street, St Ives, Cornwall.

The medals have been professionally court mounted for display, sold with copy research confirming all of the above and his full and correct medal entitlement, and are as follows –

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., Territorial, with clasp, 873676 PTE. C.H. HARRY. H.L.I.

Condition, very fine