Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (8) (3562 Pte. S. E. Williams, 7-Lond. R.; 5860 Pte. T. H. Barker, 8-Lond. R.; 394392 Pte. E. Swain, 9-Lond. R.; 3273 Pte. J. H. Quinn, 11-Lond. R.; 5041 Pte. J. M. Eaton-Shore, 16-Lond. R.; 6144 Cpl. R. H. Sanders, 17-Lond. R.; 6828 Pte. W. C. Hayward, 21-Lond. R.; 6441 Pte. H. J. Pell, 24-Lond. R.) good very fine and better (8) £60-80

James Marbury Eaton-Shore lived in Crewe and enlisted at Westminster. Serving with the 1st/16th Battalion London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), he was killed in action on 10 September 1916, aged 28 years. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He was the son of James and Annie Eaton-Shore of Garth, Milford, Stafford. Note: in the C.W.G.C. entry and published casualty roll his service number is given as ‘5401’.