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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 84

Five: Private L. Merignac, 7th (Galloway) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, who was taken a Prisoner of War at the Battle of Arnhem

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3184987 Pte. L. Merignac. K.O.S.B.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (5)

Louis Merignac was born a Newcastle-under-Lyme on 6 May 1908 and served in Palestine before the Second World War, being a post man by trade. He was present with the famous 7th (Galloway) Battalion, who went into the Battle of Arnhem on 17 September 1944. Following the ferocious fighting that followed, the remainder of the unit withdrew on 25-26 September. Merignac was not in that number as was confirmed as having been captured on 24 September. He was held at Stalag 1V B and whilst behind the wire suffered severe stomach illness, being evacuated by French Commando to Breesen and Herren Steinfeld, which resulted in two months in hospital. He refused an operation whilst in enemy hands and returned home to his wife at Berwick-upon-Tweed. The Second World War campaign medals were issued in June 1950, whilst Merignac died in 1967.

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,500

Starting price
£800