Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private V. W. Kennils, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was captured and taken prisoner during the Retreat to Dunkirk on 14 June 1940

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure officially numbered ‘5184280’; together with the recipient’s Dunkirk Commemorative Medal, nearly extremely fine (3) (3) £60-£80

Victor William Kennils attested for the Gloucestershire Regiment with number 5184280 and served with the 2nd Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War. He was reported missing in action on 14 June 1940, and was later confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War. He was held for the rest of the War at Stalag 20 b, Marienburg, Poland.

Sold with the original award document for the Dunkirk Medal named to ‘Victor William Kennils, Gloucestershire Regiment’, and numbered 31453; and copied research.