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Auction: 17002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 223

Three: Driver J. S. Belton, Royal Artillery, who was taken P.O.W. in France in May 1940

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6142035 Gnr. J. S. Belton, R.A.), good very fine and better (3)

The recipient was taken P.O.W. in the Foret de Nieppe on 28 May 1940, whilst serving in 225/57th Anti-Tank Regiment. The previous day the S.S. Verfugungs Division launched a determined attack on the forest and, owing to the gallant work of scattered artillery units, took severe casualties; see George H. Stein's The Waffen S.S.: Hitler's Elite Guard at War 1939-1945, for further details. Belton ended the war in Stalag 20B at Marienburg, Germany; sold with copied casualty returns.

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£180