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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 385

Three: Lance-Corporal M. Riley, Loyal Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at Dunkirk on 1 June 1940

General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3853356 Pte. M. Riley. Loyal. R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (3)

M. Riley served with 1st Battalion, Loyal Regiment during the fall of France. The battalion took part in the fighting around Tournai before being pushed back towards Dunkirk. Riley was taken prisoner on 1 June 1940, being listed as both missing and wounded. The Battalion War Diary notes this as a day of increased losses. The next day the Battalion reached Dunkirk and embarked for Britain; sold together with a copied map of British dispositions north of Tournai, relevent extracts from the war diary and casualty lists.

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Sold for
£170

Starting price
£110