Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private N. Pilkington, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk on 26 May 1940

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5379279 Pte. N. Pilkington. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, edge bruising to first, otherwise good very fine (3) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Norman Pilkington was born at Birkenhead, Cheshire, in 1909, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma, and subsequently with 1st Battalion during the Second World War as part of the British Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action in the retreat to Dunkirk on 26 May 1940. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial, France.