The General Service Medal awarded to Private J. B. Blackmore, Foresters who was taken prisoner at Bardia, 22 June 1942

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4800626 Pte. J. B. Blackmore, Foresters) good very fine £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Joseph Benjamin Blackmore was born in Grimsby on 5 October 1915. A Milkman by occupation, he enlisted into the Army on 5 October 1933. With the Foresters he served in Bermuda, September 1935-November 1937; Trinidad, November 1937-November 1938; Bermuda, November 1938-February 1939; Palestine, March 1939-October 1940; Cyprus, October 1940-June 1942. Then serving in North Africa Blackmore was captured at Bardia, 22 June 1942 (fall of Tobruk) and remained a prisoner-of-war in Italy until March 1945. In April 1946 he was transferred to Class Z Reserve. With copied m.i.c., service notes and research.