Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private P. O. Blyth, Royal Norfolk Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War with the British Expeditionary Force on 5 June 1940

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (5770160 Pte. P. O. Blyth. R. Norf. R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine (3) £200-£240

Percy Osborn Blyth was born at Woodton, Norfolk, on 15 May 1909 and attested for the Norfolk Regiment at Norwich on 4 February 1930. He served with the 1st Battalion in Waziristan from 5 May to 24 September 1937, and then with the 7th Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War in France from 13 January 1940. Attached to the 51st Highland Division, he was captured and taken prisoner of war on 5 June 1940, and was held in captivity for the rest of the war at Stalag IX C at Bad Sulza, Germany, finally being released on 18 April 1945; during his period in captivity he suffered a fractured wrist, apparently as a result whilst working in a salt mine. He was discharged on 19 October 1945, and died in Norwich on 26 January 1975.

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