Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Corporal J. Curtis, Leicestershire Regiment, who died of wounds, 18 September 1918

1914-15 Star (18872 Pte., Leic. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (18872 Cpl., Leic. R.)

Three: Stoker 1st Class T. W. Cotterill, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (K.41297 Sto.1, R.N.); National Fire Brigades Association L.S. Medal, 1 clasp, Ten Years (11200 Thomas W. Cotterill)

Pair: Private J. Halsall, South African Medical Corps

British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte., S.A.M.C.); together with a British War Medal 1914-20 (Sjt. W. Stewart, S.A.F.A.) fine and better (8) £100-140

John Curtis was born in Swannington, Leicestershire, lived in Ravenstone and enlisted at Coalville. Serving in the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, he died of wounds on 18 September 1918. His name is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.