Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance-Corporal J. Harling, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War during the retreat from Dunkirk in June 1940

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5378266 Pte. J. Harling. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (3) £100-£140

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

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J. Harling attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served as a Lance-Corporal with the 2nd Battalion in Burma 1930-32. Transferring to the Army Reserve, he was recalled for service in the Second World War, serving with the 1st Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War in June 1940, during the retreat to Dunkirk, and held at Camp 20B, Marienburg (Malbork), Poland.