> The man was my late uncle, Dennis W. Proctor 1926-1954 (service > number 14445551), who was in the Sherwood Foresters, the Ox. & > Bucks. LI, and the KSLI. > > He received the following medals:- > > War Medal (1939-1945) > General Service Medal Palestine (1945-1948), with clasp > Korea Medal (1952) > UN Service Medal, with clasp (Korea) > > He was also mentioned in dispatches. Unfortunately, there are no > descendants and no surviving immediate family. His widow received > his belongings but she died young and I've no idea what happened to > these medals. I tried to trace any relatives of hers but she'd > re-married, and then after her own death her 2nd husband remarried > twice more. Despite my best efforts, I've been unable to trace any > blood relative of hers > > "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@aimtechnology_NoMoreSPAM_.com> A couple more thoughts - Could your uncle have been buried in uniform with his medals? Maybe you can locate the funeral home to see if there are records. If the medals were not important to his descendants, they could have been thrown away, given away, or sold. Maybe you should look for his estate settlement papers, and see if you can find a will. It's possible the medals were mentioned there - especially if your uncle wanted to donate them somewhere. Or, the medals could have been sold as part of his estate, or the estate of his wife. If there were a lot of items the family was not interested in keeping, they may have decided to sell these things, and distribute the money from the sale to the heirs. When I searched on google earlier, I saw some of these types of medals for sale at ebay and other auction sites. Lisa "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net>