Three: Bandsman W. E. Wilson, Royal Norfolk Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Dunkirk on 27 June 1940, but was lucky to escape the fate of 97 of his comrades who were massacred by the S.S. at Le Paradis

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5769719 Pte. W. E. Wilson R. Norfolk.) last officially re-impressed, mounted court-style for display, good very fine (3) £80-£100

W. E. Wilson attested for the Royal Norfolk Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion as a Bandsman with the British Expeditionary Force in France. The Battalion's resistance at the La Bassee Canal earned a terrible retribution when the surviving 97 men surrendered to the Germans on 27 May 1940; taken into an open field they were deliberately gunned-down by S.S. troops - only two men survived the horrific incident. Wilson, however, was one of those members of the Battalion who had escaped the encirclement; many of these men were successfully evacuated, but Wilson was captured and taken prisoner of war on 27 June 1940. He was repatriated on 5 November 1943.

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