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Clipped Signature - Alan L MacCall. Clipped Signature. One edition : £30.00

Clipped Signature - Edward Kenna VC. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - John Buchanan. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - Sir Kenneth Darling. Clipped Signature. One edition : £35.00

Clipped Signature - Peter Parker. Clipped Signature. One edition : £35.00

Clipped Signature - Richard Wilding. Clipped Signature. One edition : £30.00

Clipped Signature - Egbert Duke Buniff. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Harold Ervine-Andrews VC. Clipped Signature. One edition : £55.00

Clipped Signature - 3rd Earl Kitchener. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - George Jameson. Clipped Signature. One edition : £70.00

Clipped Signature - Walther Girg. Clipped Signature. One edition : £60.00

Clipped Signature - Peter Howenstein. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Patrick Porteous VC. Clipped Signature. One edition : £60.00

Clipped Signature - William Lunn. Clipped Signature. One edition : £70.00

Clipped Signature - Marston Tickell. Clipped Signature. One edition : £55.00

Clipped Signature - Sir Nigel Poett. Clipped Signature. One edition : £35.00

Clipped Signature - Sandy Thomas. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - Herb Suerth. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Sir George Burns. Clipped Signature. One edition : £30.00

Clipped Signature - Albert Kerscher. Clipped Signature. One edition : £60.00

Clipped Signature - Heinrich Köhler. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

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Text for the above items :

Clipped Signature - Alan L MacCall. A Lieutenant in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, he was captured on 12th June 1940 when the 51st Highland Division of the British Expeditionary Force surrendered to Erwin Rommel in Normandy. After three years he was sent to the notorious Colditz on 23rd June 1943, where he remained until liberation. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Edward Kenna VC. Serving in the Citizen Military Forces in Australia from 1940, he was posted to New Guinea in 1944. On 15th May 1945 he single-handedly attacked a machine gun bunker with his Bren gun and a rifle while exposed to the enemy fire, earning the Victoria Cross. He died in 2009. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - John Buchanan. Joined the Army as an infantryman in 1916 but trained in tanks, joining the 5th Battalion of the Tank Corps in France in 1917. He fought at the Somme, Third Ypres and Passchendaele, but at Amiens he was awarded the Military Medal. On 8th August 1918 his tank was hit and three crew killed. Returning to the burning machine, he and another crew member rescued the Commander and the remaining crew member despite enemy fire and their own ammunition exploding. After the war, he became an engine driver and gardener, retiring in 1969. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Sir Kenneth Darling. A senior British Army officer, he served in WW2 as Commanding Officer of the 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion and was Commander in Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe from 1967 to 1969. He died in 1998.

Clipped Signature - Peter Parker. An officer in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, he was captured at Calais in May 1940, and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner. After briefly escaping from Eichstatt via a tunnel, he was eventually incarcerated in Colditz, where outwitting the guards was a daily objective. After liberation he continued his military career. He died in 2011 aged 93.

Clipped Signature - Richard Wilding. An officer in the Territorial Army, he was posted to the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and took part in Operation Longcloth in February 1943. After a month trying to evacuate to India, he and the 27 others with him were captured by the Japanese. He spent 2 years in Rangoon Gaol, where only 5 of his party survived, before liberation in 1945. He was a solicitor post-war, retiring in 1972. He died in 1996. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Egbert Duke Buniff. No text for this item

Clipped Signature - Harold Ervine-Andrews VC. A Captain in the East Lancashire Regiment, he and his men were hugely outnumbered near Dunkirk on 31st May / 1st June 1940. Taking to the roof of a barn, he accounted for 17 of the enemy with his own rifle. With the barn crumbling under heavy enemy fire, he got the wounded away and led the other eight volunteers to safety. For this he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He died in 1995. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - 3rd Earl Kitchener. The great nephew of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum famed during World War One, he succeeded his grandfather as Earl Kitchener who had himself inherited the title from his younger brother on his death in 1916. Henry Kitchener, the 3rd Earl, served in the Royal Corps of Signals, retiring with the rank of Major. He took his hereditary place in the House of Lords in 1942, making his first speech more than 40 years later. He died on 16th December 2011. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - George Jameson. Born in 1892, he joined the Northumberland Hussars Imperial Yeomanry, in 1910, part of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914. Fought at Ypres in 1914 and Neuve Chapelle and Loos in 1915. He trained as a gunner and joined the Royal Field Artillery, fighting at the Somme in 1916 and at Vimy Ridge. He then went to Italy where he was awarded the Military Cross before returning to France until the end of the war. He died in 1999 aged 106. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Walther Girg. Joined the SS at the beginning of WW2 and served on the Eastern front. Led his platoon behind Russian lines but was discovered and wounded, evading capture under a German artillery barrage. The intelligence gathered on this mission meant he was awarded the Knight's Cross, adding Oak Leaves before the end of the war. He died in 2010.

Clipped Signature - Peter Howenstein. No text for this item

Clipped Signature - Patrick Porteous VC. Attached to 4 Commando from the Royal Regiment of Artillery, he was awarded the Victoria Cross in the assault on Dieppe in 1942. Despite being shot in the arm, he saved one Sergeant before rallying and leading his men under heavy fire. Seriously wounded a second time, he collapsed after the German position was taken. He retired as Colonel in 1970 and died in 2000. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - William Lunn. Born in 1896, he joined he Green Howards and took part in the Gallipoli campaign in World War One. Awarded the Military Medal, he was then in action in France at the battle of the Somme. He lost his leg after being accidentally shot whilst training and was discharged from the Army. He then became a lab assistant until retirement, and lived to at least the age of 100. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Marston Tickell. Engineer in Chief of the British Army, 1973 - 1976. He died in 2009. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Sir Nigel Poett. Joined the Durham Light Infantry in 1927 and served in Egypt, India and Sudan before WW2, when he was appointed General Staff Officer and worked with the War Office. He was Commading Officer of the 5th Parachute Brigade during D-Day in 1944, and after the war took up several senior posts before retiring in 1963. He died in 1991.

Clipped Signature - Sandy Thomas. At 24 he became the youngest Commander of a New Zealand Infantry Battalion at war. He fought in Greece and escaped from a prison hospital in Crete. Awarded the Military Cross with Bar and Distinguished Service Order, he rose to the rank of Major General by retirement in 1971. He died aged 98 in 2017. One Available Only. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Herb Suerth. Joined the 101st Airborne Division in 1944 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Seriously injured by artillery fire on 9th January 1945, he returned via England to the US in April 1945. He died in 2017.

Clipped Signature - Sir George Burns. An officer in the Coldstream Guards, he was Adjutant of the 1st Battlaion in France with the British Expeditionary Force in 1940. He commanded the 3rd Battalion in Italy from November 1943 until 1945. Post-war he held many senior positions, returning as Colonel of the Coldstream Guards from 1966 until 1994. He died in 1997. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Albert Kerscher. One of the top German tank Aces of the second world war, recording more than 150 victories and awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.

Clipped Signature - Heinrich Köhler. Fought on the eastern front where he scored 21 tank victories and was awarded the Knight's Cross. He died in 2009.

Where do these clipped signatures come from?

Below is an example of a print that has been damaged and has had signatures clipped. This is where most of our clipped signatures come from. This example is Fighter General by Graeme Lothian and the signatures clipped include Peter Duttmann and Walter Krupinski.