A WW2 Crete 'P.O.W.' Group of 5 awarded to Corporal Lancelot Taylor, ‘B’ Squadron, Sherwood Rangers, who was captured and taken as a prisoner of war at Sfakia, Crete 1 June 1941, comprising: 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., Territorial Type (325868. Cpl. L. G. Taylor. R.A.C.); Group court-mounted on bar, with regimental cap badge, some light marks, good very fine (6) Corporal Lancelot Grahame Taylor was born on 20 August 1915, and worked as a builder living at Westacre, near Watnall, Nottingham. He enlisted for service with the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry on 1 September 1939, and the regiment was mobilized and sent to Palestine. In July 1940 it was converted to artillery and sent to North Africa, where it took part in the Defence of Tobruk and Benghazi, and then later at the Battle of Crete. Corporal Taylor was taken as a Prisoner of War on 1 June 1940 while serving with ‘B’ Squadron – the date of his capture coinciding with the final British and allied surrender at Sfakia – where a reported 6,500 British & Commonwealth soldiers were taken captive. He was then transferred to Stalag VIII-B at Lamsdorf, to Oflag VII-B at Eichstatt, and then finally at Stalag VII-A at Moosburg before his liberation on 29 April 1945.

Estimate: GBP 180 - 220