Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (10) (7060 Pte. C. Vincent, 16-Lond. R.; 2522 Cpl. C. Kerry, 16-Lond. R.; 176 Sjt. G. J. Abbott, 16-Lond. R.; 5966 Pte. W. Ashby, 16-Lond. R.; 1246 A.W.O. Cl. 2 A. J. Randall, 17-Lond. R.; 6966 Pte. W. F. G. Corby, 17-Lond. R.; 6388 Pte. G. T. Stokes, 18-Lond. R.; 596131 Pte. T. D. Grimmett, 18-Lond. R.; 6449 Pte. G. Bruford, 19-Lond. R.; 4707 Sjt. A. W. Doe, 20-Lond. R.) last with correction to naming; medal to ‘Abbott’ with slightly bent suspension; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (614077 Pte. J. W. Ellery, 19-Lond. R.; 4840 Sjt. A. W. Swinburne, 20-Lond. R.) very fine and better (12) £120-160

John Wilfred Ellery was born in St. George’s-in-the-East, London and lived and enlisted at Marylebone. Serving with the 2/19th Battalion London Regiment (St. Pancras) he was killed in action in Palestine on 22 March 1918, aged 20 years. He was buried in the Jerusalem War Cemetery. He was the son of John Triggs and Mary Ann Ellery of 153 Seymour Place, London.