Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Major B. G. M. Klee, Worcestershire Regiment, late Sergeant, Coldstream Guards

1914 Star, with copy clasp (6973 L. Sjt. B. G. M. Klee. C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. B. G. M. Klee); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, very fine (5) £140-£180

Bernard George Martin Klee was born in Martley, Worcestershire. He served during the Great War with the Coldstream Guards in the French theatre of war from, 13 August 1914. Klee advanced to Sergeant, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment in September 1917. He advanced to Major and served with the Regiment during the Second War. Klee died in Worcester in February 1982, and is buried in the Astwood Cemetery, Worcester.

His son - Bernard Peter Klee - served as a Pilot Officer with the Royal Air Force during the Second War. He was a Spitfire pilot with 222 Squadron, and shared in the destruction of 3 enemy aircraft, before being shot down and killed by a German night fighter, 3/4 May 1941. Pilot Officer Klee is buried in the same cemetery as his father.