A Collection of Medals to Prisoners of War x1181
Six: Captain E. P. Rogers, Royal Army Service Corps, late Royal Engineers, taken Prisoner of War at Tobruk, 20 June 1942
BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (234810 Spr. E. P. Rogers. R.E.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR;WARMEDAL 1939-45; ARMY L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (T-31232 W.O. Cl.II. E. P. Rogers. R.A.S.C.) nearly very fine and better (6)
£180-220
Edward Peter Rogers was born at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on 21 November 1897 and served with the Royal Engineers during the Great War. he re-enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps on 20 January 1921, and was advanced to Warrant Officer Class II. On the outbreak of the Second World War he was commissioned Lieutenant and saw service in North Africa as a Captain with the 201st Guards Brigade, 903 Company, Royal Army Service Corps. He was taken Prisoner of War at Tobruk on 20 June 192. Initially held in Italy at Cap 75 at Bari, from 30 June 1942, he was then moved to Camp 21 at Chieti on 6 August 1942, and then to Germany by train via Sulmona and Rome. During the rail transit he was involved in an escape attempt, and although a severe attack of lumbago prevented him from escaping himself, several fellow prisoners got away safely.
Rogers was held in Stalag VIIA at Moosburg, Bavaria, from 10 October 19423, and at Oflag VIIIF at Mahrisch-Trubai in Czechoslovakia from 11 October 1943, followed by Oflag 79 at Waggum, Brunswick, from where he was liberated on 12 May 1945.
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Four: Sergeant E. F. Tobler, Transvaal Scottish Regiment, South African Forces, taken Prisoner of War at Tobruk, 20 June 1942
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR;WARMEDAL 1939-45; AFRICA SERVICEMEDAL, all officially named ‘32082 E. F. Tobler.’, good very fine (4)
£70-90
Edward Frederick Tobler was born in Johannesburg on 27 February 1914, and served with the 1st Battalion, Transvaal Scottish Regiment, Union Defence Forces during the Second World War. Promoted Corporal on 1 June 1940, he disembarked at Suez on 2 June 1941. Promoted Sergeant on 26 March 1942, he was taken Prisoner of War at Tobruk on 20 June 1942, and released on 28 April 1945.
Sold together with Chief of the General Staff’s enclosure. \
x1183 Four: Private A. M. Prosser, Worcestershire Regiment, taken Prisoner of War at Tobruk, 21 June 1942
GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Malaya (5251409 Pte. A. Prosser. Worc. R.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR;WAR MEDAL 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (4)
£180-220
Alan Morris Prosser attested for the Worcestershire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion in Palestine prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. From early 1940 until mid 1941 the Battalion was in action against the Italians in Eritrea and Abyssinia, before moving to the Western Desert, where it was part of the garrison of Tobruk captured on 21 June 1942. Prosser was taken to the Italian Campo 54 at Passo Corese, in Sabina, north of Rome, before being transferred to Stalag VIII-B at Lamsdorf, Poland, in November 1943. The camp was evacuated in January 1945 and the prisoners were force marched through Poland and Germany in appalling winter weather. Prosser states on his M.I.9 P.O.W. questionnaire that he ‘made successful escape when the Germans marched me 434 kilometres and was re-captured by the American 3rd Army.’ After the War Prosser stayed in the Worcestershire Regiment and saw further service in Malaya.
x1184 Four: Gunner D. Blackman, Royal Artillery, taken Prisoner of War in North Africa, 1942
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; EFFICIENCY MEDAL,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1441507. Gnr. D. Blackman. R.A.) nearly extremely fine (4)
£80-120
D. Blackman served with the Royal Artillery in North Africa, and was taken prisoner of war there in 1942. He was interned at Slalag IV- D at Torgau, Saxony-Anhalt, and was liberated at the cessation of hostilities.
Sold together with a photograph taken at a camp concert, believed to portray Blackman playing the female lead. x1185 Five: Private J. H. Eyre, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, taken Prisoner of War in North Africa, 1943
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, 1 clasp, 1st Army; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; EFFICIENCY MEDAL,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (4977590. Pte. J. H. Eyre. Foresters.) the Stars and EM heavily polished, therefore fine, the Defence and War Medals better (5)
£80-120
James Henry Eyre was born on 2 November 1921 and attested for the Territorial Army on 24 July 1939. He served with the 2nd/5th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment during the Second World War with the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1940, and was subsequently evacuated from Dunkirk.
He then proceeded with the Regiment to North Africa, and was taken prisoner of war at Sedjenane near Tunis in February 1943, when his Battalion’s position was overwhelmed by a German Parachute Engineer Battalion. Held first at Campo 98 at San Giuseppe Jato in Sicily until May 1943, he was subsequently transferred first to Campo 53 at Sforzacosta near Macerata, and then to Stalag 7A at Moosberg, Bavaria. In November 1943 he was transferred a third time to Stalag 17A at Kaisersteinbruck in Austria, and remained here until the camp was liberated on 1 May 1945. During captivity he suffered from Malaria, Pleurisy, and Gastritis, and was forced to work by the Italians before his wound had healed.
He was discharged from the Army on 5 March 1946 as ‘ceasing to fulfil Army physical requirements’, no doubt partly caused through his privations as a prisoner of war, and subsequently emigrated to New Zealand.
x1186 Four: Gunner R. F. Calland, Royal Artillery, taken Prisoner of War in North Africa, 1943
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, 1 clasp, 8th Army; WARMEDAL 1939-45; EFFICIENCYMEDAL,
G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (927578 Gnr. R. F. Calland. R.A.) clasp loose on riband, nearly extremely fine (4)
£80-120
R. F. Calland served with the Royal Artillery in North Africa, and was taken prisoner of war there in 1943. He was interned at Slalag IV- D/Z at Torgau, Saxony-Anhalt; in 1944 this camp became a repatriation camp for prisoners who were to be returned either for exchange or due to ill health, and the camp was liberated in April 1945.
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