Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (18453 Pte. T. R. Roberts, R.W. Fus.; 13350 Pte. F. Hagreen, K.R.R.C.; 45903 Pte. A. Turner, Lanc. Fus.) good very fine and better (3) £80-100

Thomas Richard Roberts was born in Llandegai, Carnarvon and enlisted at Bethesda. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 2 December 1915 and qualified for the 1914-15 Star. Serving with the 16th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers he died in France on 17 February 1917, aged 25 years. He was buried in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais. He was the son of William and Hannah Roberts of Bethesda.

Frederick Hagreen was born and lived in Feering, Essex and enlisted at Colchester, Essex. Serving with the King’s Royal Rifle Corps he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 8 October 1915 and qualified for the 1914-15 Star. Serving with the 2nd (Garrison) Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he was killed in action on 10 June 1918, aged 26 years. He was buried in the Longueau British Cemetery. He was the son of Mrs A. P. Hagreen of Hanover Bridge, Feering, Kelvedon, Essex. His brothers, Charles and Herbert Clifford Hagreen also fell in action.

Arthur Turner enlisted at Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Serving with the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, he was killed in action on 25 April 1918, aged 18 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. He was the son of Arthur and Mary Turner of Forge Cottage, Wychnor, Burton-on-Trent.