Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Guardsman C. Godsmark, Coldstream Guards, killed in action, 11 December 1940

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, unnamed

Pair: Private D. McKay, Warwickshire Regiment

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed, extremely fine (6) £70-90

Guardsman Charles Godsmark, 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards, was killed in action on 11 December 1940, aged 22 years. He was buried in the Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. He was the son of Mary A. Godsmark of Crawley, Sussex. Sold with card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mrs M. A. Godsmark, 18 Field Rd., Crawley, Sussex’, condolence slip and Army Form B.104-82 informing Mrs Godsmark that her son had been killed in action.

5110650 Private D. McKay, Warwickshire Regiment, was a prisoner-of-war of the Germans; held at the camp at Gorlitz. Sold with card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr D. McKay, 2 St. Andrews Close, Droitwich, Worcs., WR9 8RE’, and with forwarding slip.