Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Acting Company Sergeant C. H. Lawton, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action with the 1/7th Battalion in Belgium in November 1917

1914-15 Star (1108 Pte., Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (275318 A.C. Sjt., Manch. R.), good very fine and better (3) £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface.

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Cecil Herbert Lawton, who was born in Hulme, Manchester, but resident at Hattersley Mottram at the time of his enlistment, was killed in action in Belgium on 2 November 1917, while serving in the 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He was 25 years of age and is buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Kokslijde.