Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Corporal L. H. Smith, Green Howards, who was wounded and taken Prisoner of War at Sidi Muftah on 28 May 1942

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. L. Smith, 50 Roseberry Avenue, Bridlington, Yorkshire’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (4391405. Cpl. L. H. Smith. Green-Howards) in named paper envelope; together with the recipient’s For Loyal Service badge, extremely fine (4) £80-£120

Leslie Harry Smith served with the Green Howards as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second Wold War, and was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. Proceeding to North Africa with the 7th Battalion, he was wounded and taken Prisoner of War at Sidi Muftah on 28 May 1942, and was ultimately held at Stalag 344 at Lansdorf, Germany.