Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Gunner J. T. Fenn, Royal Artillery, who was captured in Algeria and spent almost three years as a Prisoner of War in Germany
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (991579 Gnr. J. N. [sic] Fenn. R.A.) officially re-impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, nearly very fine

Three: Gunner C. A. Hall, Royal Artillery
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4264352. Gnr. C. A. Hall. R.A.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (9) £80-£100

Jack Thomas Fenn served in Palestine during the Arab Revolt and later re-enlisted for the Royal Artillery on 25 July 1940. Posted to the Western Desert with the 64th Medium Battery, Royal Artillery, he was captured by Axis forces near Fouka on 29 June 1942. Transferred to Germany as a Prisoner of War, he was incarcerated at Stalag IV-G, Oschatz, Saxony, for the remainder of the Second World War.

C. A. Hall served in Palestine as Bombardier Cook in the Royal Artillery. His General Service Medal was issued on 27 September 1945, the roll noting ‘unpaid Lance Bombardier/Gnr.’