Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private J. Walley, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action in the Ypres salient with the 11th Battalion in August 1917

British War and Victory Medals (32897 Pte., Manch. R.), good very fine (2) £60-80

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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Joseph Walley, who was born in Failsworth, Manchester, was killed in action in the Ypres salient on 16 August 1917, while serving in the 11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.