Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Driver E. Bradshaw, Royal Army Service Corps, killed in action at Dunkirk, 20 May 1940

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. M. F. E. Bradshaw, 31 Knightthorpe Road, Loughborough, Leics.’; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Eric Bradshaw.) minor edge bruise to last, otherwise extremely fine (3) £80-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Second World War Casualties.

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Eric Bradshaw served with the 49th General Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps during the Second World War, and was killed in action at Dunkirk on 20 May 1940, aged 42, his death certificate reading ‘presumed died battle casualty France/Belgium campaign’. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial, France.