The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

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.