Second World War North Africa Fall of Tobruk June 1942 Prisoner of War group awarded to Private J.W. Jackson, 2nd Battalion, The Cameron Highlanders. A pre-war regular, he fought in North Africa in Egypt and Libya including during the Battle of Gazala before being taken prisoner of war at the fall of Tobruk on 21 June 1942. Held in captivity in Italy and then in Germany he ended up in Stalag VIII-B at Lamdorf in Poland, being liberated at the end of the war.
Group of 5: 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal. Mounted swing style as worn, though clearly not entitled to the Italy Star.
Condition: Good Very Fine.
Together with the following:
Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book, issued to: 2928731 Joseph William Jackson, Cameron Highlanders, dated 30 November 1945.
Second World War German issued Identity Disc for a Prisoner of War, this stamped for ’STALAG VIII B’ and bearing POW No. ’29667’. Complete with original neck cord.
Recipient’s original glengarry cap, this bearing the cap badge of The Cameron Highlanders, and with the inside label inscribed in ink with his surname.
Joseph William Jackson enlisted into the British Army at Lincoln on 23 July 1935, joining as a Private (No.2928731) the Cameron Highlanders. Posted to India from 11 November 1938, and then to the Middle Eat from 1 August 1939, with the outbreak of the Second World War he saw service in Sudan, before moving to the Western Desert nd going on to fight in Egypt and Libya. The 2nd Battalion, The Cameron Highlanders to which he was a part fought with the 11th Indian Infantry Division in the 2nd South African Infantry Division and following the Battle of Gazala was captured at the fall of Tobruk in June 1942.
Taken prisoner of war, Jackson was transported to Italy and then on to Germany and eventually incarcerated in Stalag VIII-B (POW No.29667) at Lamdorf in Poland, now called Lambinowice. This camp was liberated by Soviet forces on 17 March 1945, however, Jackson did not return home from captivity until 9 May 1945, and it is possible that he may have formed part of the so-called death marches during January to February 1945 when the prisoners were forcibly marched away from the advancing Soviets forces, many dying as a result of hunger and the extreme cold along the way. Turner was eventually discharged from the army on 16 January 1946. Medal entitlement confirmed.
