Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private R. C. Johnson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War during the Retreat to Dunkirk on 17 June 1940

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £70-£90

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

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Robert Cowes Johnson was born on 15 November 1918 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War in France from 4 March 1940, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War during the retreat to Dunkirk on 17 June 1940. Held at at Stalag 344, Labinowice, Poland, he was released on 3 May 1945.

Sold with the recipients Soldier’s Service and Pay Book.