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Collections - Sports Medals

Football Medal to Private Atherton

 

 
Sports Medal, Football, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Chancellor Cup, 1930-31, to Private Atherton
Stated to have been won by the King’s Own after a match between the King’s Own and Royal Horse Artillery. The Chancellor Cup appears to have been awarded to troops in Palestine.
Possibly Private George Albert Atherton, number 3708337, of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Enlisted 1927. Listed as discharged in 1939, but transferred to Army Reserve 23 Dec 1934.
Accession Number: KO3074/62

 

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