Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private J. Barbier, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action with the 16th Battalion in France in July 1916

British War and Victory Medals (P-263 Pte., Rif. Brig.), together with related Memorial Plaque (James Barbier), this last heavily polished and thus fine, the first two good very fine (3) £100-120

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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James Barbier, who was born in Marylebone, Middlesex, was killed in action in France on 20 July 1916, while serving in the 16th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He is buried in Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, France.