Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Private W. G. Parry, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was taken Prisoner of War in Libya on 21 June 1942

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (3908758 Pte. W. G. Parry S. Wales Bord.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally very fine (5) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals to the South Wales Borderers.

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W. G. Parry served with the 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, and was taken prisoner of war in Libya, 21 June 1942, when he was one of 500 officers and men of the Battalion captured or killed during the general retreat from near Tobruk to Sollum.

Parry was interned at No. 73 Camp near Modena, Italy and at Annaburg, Germany.