Harry Simonds - 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45 - unnamed as awarded with award slip an in original box addressed to Mr H Simonds, 64 Hazeley Heath, Hartley Wintney, nr, Basingstoke, HANTS. Included are his dog tags and an ID tag from Stalag IVB
Frederick Charles Simonds - 1939-45 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45 - unnamed as awarded with award slip in original box addressed to Mr F.C. Simonds, 64 Hazely Heath, Hartley Wintney, nr. Basingstoke, Hants. (The reverse of the box indicates service with R.A.O.C.)
Harry (Henry) Simonds was born in Hartley Wintney on 7 February 1920 and was a Gamekeeper when he enlisted with the Royal Tank Regiment on 18 April 1940 for service in WWII. He was in North Africa as part of the 1st Army Tank Brigade attached to the 8th Army and was taken Prisoner of War at Gazala on 1 June 1942. Initially incarcerated in Italy at Campo 66, he spent time in a hospital in Naples and Bologna before being transported to Mulberg, Germany on 1 October 1943 where he was held at Stalag IVB. He completed a POW Questionnaire after his liberation confirming that he had been used as a Labourer in Leipzig and in the Sudetenland. According to the 1939 Register he was a Gamekeeper living with his widowed mother and brother Frederick at the above address. He died in the same house he lived in all his life in March 1989.
Frederick Charles Simonds - the older brother to Harry - was born in Hartley Wintney in 1918. According to the 1939 Register he was a Farm Labourer living at the above address with his widowed mother and younger brother Henry. He served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in France & Germany in WWII and passed away in Winchester, Hants in 2009.
Medals are in good condition unless otherwise indicated. Sold with some copied research.
