Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Attributed to Private B. B. Airey, 11th Battalion, Parachute Regiment, who was killed in action at Arnhem on 21 September 1944

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, in card box of issue, addressed to his mother ‘Mrs. M. Airey, 8 Millfield Avenue, York’, some loss to paper address label and corner split, medals issued by the Infantry and A.A.C. Records Office, no named condolence slip, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100

Bernard Burwell Airey was born at York on 21 July 1919, the son of Clarence and May Airey. He served during the Second World War as Private No. 4749730, in 7 Platoon, ‘C’ Company, 11th Battalion, Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps, and was killed in action at Arnhem, on 21 September 1944, age 25. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Canadian War Memorial at Groesbeek, Netherlands. In the 1939 Register he is shown as a 19 year old clerk for a sugar manufacturer, residing in his parents household at 8 Millfield Avenue, York.