WW2. D Day casualty & Prisoner of War grouping. Holmes. Royal Warwickshire Regiment. ***RESERVED***
£495.00
A superb and interesting collection of items relating to 14611509 Walter Leslie Holmes. 2nd Battalion. Warwickshire regiment. D.O.B. 26th Jan 1914.
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The 2nd Battalion saw action at the evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940. They landed on Sword beach on 6th June 1944 as part of the intended advance on Caen, and saw heavy fighting. It was at this point that Walter was captured, probably wounded (Date of action given as 7/6/44). He was transferred to Stalag XIIA Limburg an der Lahn, a holding camp for prisoners in Germany, however by September 1944 it was only known that he was in German hands at an unknown location. He was confirmed as a P.O.W. at Stalag 4g, Oschatz (A series of work camps) in January 1945.
"Casualty List No. 1656. Previously reported Prisoner of War on Casualty List No.1552. Now reported wounded and Prisoner of War in German hands (Germany). Previous Theatre of War Western Europe."
He was reported as liberated on 20th July 1945.
The items included in this lot are as they came to me without any cleaning or alteration. They are as follows.
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Group of 4 medals with ribbon bar. 1939-45 star. France and Germany star, defence medal war medal. The defence medal is not mounted and is without a ribbon. The other 3 are mounted for wear.
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Set of dog tags on lanyard. 14611509- C E- HOLMES W.
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A ration pack knife.
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A Stalag XIIA metal dog tag Nr 80646 (Prisoner number)
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A paper index card with camp, name number and trade. CARPENTER
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A drawing of the regimental crest on brown cardboard surrounded by a frame made from cut up players cigarette packets.
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A cigarette card showing the regimental crest.
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A large cloth regimental crest badge. 130 X 130mm.
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A British P.O.W Relatives Association badge
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A Warwickshire Regiment sweetheart badge
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A Royal Engineers cap badge converted into a photo frame.
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A Royal Warwickshire Regiment cap badge.
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A Religious pocket book 'How to obtain Courage-Joy-Success-Peace' Published 1942 with the inner cover page showing Walters hand written home address and the stamps of Stalag IVG, The YMCA War Prisoners Aid Worlds Committee, and a US Censors stamp.
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2 tatty German P.O.W Reichsmark notes.
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A hand made aluminium and leather bracelet framing 2 photos and scratch engraved JEAN and VERA.
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A second hand made aluminium and leather bracelet framing 1 photo and scratch engraved VERA.
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Association of Conservative Clubs distinguished service medal with 3 X 5 year bars, engraved W.L.Holmes, 1966 to the rear.
The service details given have been taken from Forces War Records.
the 2nd Battalion service history is detailed on many sites online
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