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Auction: 23112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 480

Family group;

Three: Private J. Deakin, East Yorkshire Regiment

1914-15 Star (18110 Pte. J. Deakin. E. York. R); British War and Victory Medals (18110 Pte. J. Deakin. E. York. R.), very fine

Pair: Driver J. T. Deakin, Royal Army Service Corps, who was taken a Prisoner of War at St Valerie in June 1940

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine (5)

John Deakin was a mine loader from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire who enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment on 6 August 1914. He was discharged on 1 February 1919; sold together with copied research, damaged boxes of issue for Medals, Army Pay book, Certificate of Discharge and Demobilisation Certificate.

John Thomas Deakin, a native of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, was born on 29 June 1919, the son of John Deakin. Educated at Hartshill North School he was employed as a driver for Mr E. R. Archer, a furniture remover in Nuneaton prior to the war. He enlisted in October 1939 and given his pre-war occupation he joined the Royal Army Service Corps. Taken a Prisoner of War at St Valerie, he was interned at Stalag XXB, Willenberg, Marienburg, Poland for the duration where he was employed as a tractor driver on a local farm; sold together with the box of issue for his medals and a good quantity of original documents including his certificate of attestation, two post cards to his parents when he was interned at Stalag XXB, various newspaper clippings and some copied research.



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£120

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£70