Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private R. A. Furness, Rifle Brigade, late Royal Engineers, who died of wounds in France while attached to the 1/8th Battalion, London Regiment, in October 1918

British War and Victory Medals (137076 Pnr., R.E.), good very fine and better (2) £50-70

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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Robert Alexander Furness, who was born in Edinburgh, originally enlisted in the Royal Engineers, but later transferred to the Rifle Brigade and was attached to 1/8th Battalion, London Regiment when he died of wounds on 15 October 1918. He was 29 years of age, the husband of Margaret of Rossie Place, Edinburgh, and is buried in Houchin British Cemetery, France; sold with his original Memorial Scroll.