Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private L. S. Davis, Gloucestershire Regiment, who served as a Bren Gunner at the Battle of Imjin River, where he was taken Prisoner of War

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (5782722 Pte. L. S. Davis. Glosters.) number officially corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) £600-£800

Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002.

Leslie Stanley Davis was born in Islington on 4 July 1923. On the outbreak of the Second World War, he was a motor driver’s mate living with his parents in Islington. Initially serving in the Norfolk Regiment in July 1941 with a draft of approximately 30 men from the Norfolk’s, he was transferred to the 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment in Tunisia on 29 April 1943. After landing at Sicily, he served in Italy where he was wounded on 17 October 1943. Discharged to reserve on 30 November 1948, he became a postman in 1949. He was recalled to the colours on 9 August 1950, for service with the Gloucestershire Regiment. Leslie Davis married during his embarkation leave. At the Battle of Imjin River he served as a bren gunner in B Company and was taken prisoner of war. He was released on 15 August 1953. Residing in Hackney, he resumed service with the Post Office and died in London in May 2003.

Sold with copied research including correspondence regarding his release as POW and copied birth and marriage certificate.