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Large Vintage WW2 Wooden Trunk 1st Btn Grenadier guards

Price: £180 (REF: 2325)

Large Vintage WW2 Wooden Trunk with 1st Btn Grenadier guards & R.L. Hutchinson stamp

L: 108cm H: 55cm W:66cm


Some history of the 1st Battalion
1st Battalion:
03 September 1939: The Battalion was based at Pirbright, Surrey, and part of the 7th Brigade.
September 1939: It became part of the BEF serving in France & Belgium. They were attached to 3rd Infantry Division.
June 1940: Evacuated from Dunkirk and returned to the UK.
September 1941: It then served as a Motor Battalion with the Guards Armoured Division.
06 June 1944: It took part in the Normandy landings. From here carried on fighting in North Western Europe.


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