Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance-Corporal J. Tyson, Corps of Military Police, late Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk on 3 June 1940

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with a Dunkirk Medal, bronze, in card box, extremely fine (3) £80-£120

James Tyson, a native of Egremont, Cumberland, served with the Coldstream Guards before joining the Burnley Police Force in 1934. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he was called up to the Coldstream Guards on 1 December 1939, and was subsequently transferred to the Corps of Military Police. He served with the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War, and was killed in action at Middelkerke, Belgium, during the retreat to Dunkirk, on 3 June 1940. He is buried in Middelkerke Communal Cemetery, Belgium.

Sold with a quantity of original letters and documents relating to the recipient’s death, all addressed to the recipient’s widow, Mrs. D. Tyson, 72 Lyndhurst Road, Burnley, Lancashire, including War Officer letter; two Corps of Military Police Record Office letters; International Red Cross letter; and two British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem letters; together with the recipient’s mobilisation papers, and copied research.