Lot Essay
INDENTFrank Basil McLean, a "Dr. Barnardo's Boy", joined the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment as a Boy in 1938; served in France, was evacuated from Dunkirk, and later was with the Chindits in Burma in charge of mules; was called up from the Reserves for service in Korea and was posted to the Gloucestershire Regiment; was present at the action of the Imjin River, escaping with a party under the Signals Officer