Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private F. J. North, 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action, France/Flanders, 15 June 1915

1914-15 Star (3-890 Pte., Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-890 Pte., Wilts. R.); Memorial Plaque (Francis John North) extremely fine (4) £160-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to the Wiltshire Regiment.

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Francis John North was born in Fyfield, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, lived at Marlborough and enlisted at Devizes. Serving in the 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 15 June 1915, aged 22 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial; his name is also commemorated on a panel on the Memorial Lytch Gate at Fyfield Parish Church. He was the son of Mrs Jane North, of Fyfield. With copied casualty details and modern photographs of the Lytch Gate.