Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: attributed to Private H. J. Meredith, Royal Scots, a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals, all unnamed, some contact marks, very fine (4) £100-140

Henry James Meredith was born on 9 July 1916. A Miner by occupation, he enlisted into the Army at Pontypridd on 11 May 1936 and served with the Royal Scots. Serving in the Far East he was captured by the Japanese and held as a prisoner-of-war - latterly held at Tokio P.O.W. Camp No. 2., Japan.

With Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Australian Military Forces Record of Service Book; Record of Service Card; named Prisoner of War Pay Account on Repatriation Form; Imperial Japanese Telegram re his release; letter to accompany a Red Cross parcel of invalid foods, September 1945; card Identification tag as a released P.O.W.; Supplementary Clothing Book, containing 5 coupons; Special Permit to Purchase Chocolate etc; Buckingham Palace Welcome Home letter to Prisoners of War held by the Japanese, September 1945; 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Welcome Home letter, October 1945; Post Office Savings Book; Prisoner of War Post Christmas Postcard 1944; Birthday Postcard, 1947.