1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal; Efficiency Medal with Territorial bar (5252513 PTE. L. HARTLAND. D.L.I.)
5252513 Pte Lionel Richard Frederick Hartland R Warwicks/9th Durham LI born Evesham in 1919. He was with the British Expeditionary Force in France and was one of the many thousands who were stranded on the beach at Dunkirk being strafed by German fighters as they awaited evacuation via the "small ships" who sailed from England to their rescue.
He was redeployed to North Africa and was taken POW at El Alamein on 27.7.1942. He was held captive in Italy and Stalag 8B in Germany.
He died in Worcester in 1968
