British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance-Corporal J. P. M. Tooker, 1/4th London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), who was killed in action at Ypres in August 1917

British War and Victory Medals (4841 Pte. J. P. M. Tooker, 4-Lond. R.), good very fine or better (2) £80-100

John Patrick Martin Tooker was killed in action at Ypres on 16 August 1917, while serving as a Lance-Corporal in the 1/4th London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Aged 20 years, and the son of James and Sarah Mary Tooker of West Hill, Hastings, he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate; also see Lot 551 for his father’s awards.