Pair: British War and Victory Medals (203267 Pte. W. Timmis, Lan. Fus.) with Bronze Memorial Plaque (William Timmis); together with single Victory Medal (Capt. W. B. K. Glass) the last very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed By Dr A W Stott.

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William Timmis was born in Leighton, Cheshire and enlisted at Crewe. He died, France & Flanders, 3 June 1918.

Captain William Brown Knox Glass enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders, served France 1915; commissioned into 17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, wounded in August 1917, and awarded the Military Cross London Gazette 27 July 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When in command of the outpost line he kept the enemy in check for some six hours in spite of heavy machine gun fire from both flanks, and then withdrew in a most orderly manner to a new line. Afterwards he went forward and carried in, under heavy fire, one of his platoon commanders who was severely wounded and would have been captured otherwise by the enemy.’