Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of

Five: Private B. Castle, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk on 20 May 1940India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5375852 Pte. B. Castle. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R, 1st issue, Regular Army (5375852 Pte. B. Castle. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a Dunkirk Commemorative Medal, very fine or better (6) £140-£180---Benjamin Castle attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with them in Burma, and during the Second World War with the British Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk on 20 May 1940, aged 36. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial.Sold together with the recipient’s Certificate for the Dunkirk Commemorative Medal.------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk