This from an online auction site: "Lot 108, 7 Jul 10 Category: CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS Estimate: £60-£80 Hammer Price: £270 Description: Four: Trooper J. A. Honess, 23rd Hussars (R.A.C.), who was wounded in the Falaise Gap in August 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, in their original addressed card forwarding box, extremely fine (4) £60-80 Footnote: James Arthur Honess, who was born in September 1907, enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps (R.A.C.) at Penkridge in December 1940. Qualifying as a Tank Driver and Operator in May 1941, he went on to see action in France with 23rd Hussars, and was wounded in fighting in the Falaise Gap in August 1944 (regimental history refers). He was released from service in November 1945; sold with his original Soldier's Service and Pay Book, and Soldier's Release Book, the former with official endorsement, 'Certified copy of old dilapidated book - destroyed', together with a handkerchief bearing the crest of the 23rd Hussars." Unfortunately, James's parents' marriage broke down (there was a court case to decide the custody of the children and maintenance). His mother subsequently married William R Hawes in 1928 at Gravesend. His father evidently made a new life in Canada,