A WW2 P.O.W. and G.S.M. ‘Malaya’ Group of 3 awarded to Sergeant Ralph Gowland Loadman, 68th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, taken prisoner of war during the retreat to Dunkirk in the final days of May, 1940, comprising: 1939-45 Star; War Medal, 1939-45; General Service Medal, 1918-62, single clasp, Malaya (22276128 Sgt. R. G. Loadman. R.A.); Group loose, reverse edge bump to the last, otherwise good very fine (3) Sergeant Ralph Gowland Loadman, was born in Sunderland on 17 June 1918 and enlisted for service with the Royal Artillery in 1935 as a Gunner a Driver. Serving in WW2 with the 68th Field Regiment, R.A., his regiment were in action at Elverdinge near Ypres, and undertook a fighting retreat towards Dunkirk, expending all of their ammunition and destroying their guns. The ‘whole regiment’ was in action throughout the morning of 28 May, and it likely that Loadman was taken prisoner of war on this day (specific date is not given), during this retreat, and prior to its embarkation for England on 30 May. He was sent into captivity at Stalag VIII-C at Konin Zanganski, Poland, and returning to life upon repatriation in 1945, he was discharged and live in London. He later re-enlisted on 29 April 1949 for service as a Sergeant during the Malaya Campaign, and later died in Wokingham, Berkshire in April 1998.

Estimate: GBP 100 - 150