campaign medal, campaign medal
Accession Number
NAM.1998-04-5-1
Description
1939-45 Star from medal group awarded to Col P C E Belson, Royal Artillery 1939-1946. Belson served in France in 1939-1940 with a Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment and after serving as an instructor at the Gunnery School of AA Artillery he was seconded to 8th Bn Parachute Regt, he saw service in the Ardennes and took part in Operation VARSITY, the airborne crossing of the Rhine in 1944. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945).
Campaigns
World War Two, North West Europe (1939-1940)
Events
VARSITY, Operation, 1945 (World War Two, North West Europe 1944-1945), Rhine Crossings, 1945 (World War Two, North West Europe 1944-1945)