Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

Three: Private H. W. Eele, 1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War during the retreat to Dunkirk on 31 May 1940

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5378324 Pte. H. W. Eele. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160

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

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H. W. Eele attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion during the Second World War as part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was taken Prisoner of War on 31 May 1940, during the retreat to Dunkirk, and was held in camp 20A (Thorn Podgorz, Poland) with P.O.W. number 11739.