Pair: Private P. Welsh, Durham Light Infantry

1914-15 Star (15168 Pte., Durh. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (15168 Pte., Durh. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Peter Welsh), this last pierced at 12 o’clock, good very fine (3) £80-100

Peter Cuthbert Welsh was born in Willington, Co. Durham, and living in Newburn-on-Tyne, enlisted at Houghton-le-Spring. Serving in the 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, he died in France/Flanders, on 19 June 1915, aged 30 years. The son of Thomas and Maria Welsh of Willington, he was buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.