Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private J. Lloyd, Cheshire Regiment, a prisoner-of-war

1914 Star, with clasp (10318 Pte., Ches. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (10318 Pte., Ches. R.); together with a renamed British War Medal (10318 Pte. J. Lloyd, Ches. R.) nearly very fine (3) £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of 1914 Star Groups.

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Private James Lloyd, Cheshire Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 16 August 1914. The unit was placed in the 15th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, in Smith-Dorrien’s II Army Corps. At some stage Lloyd was captured and held as a prisoner-of-war. After repatriation at the end of the war, he was discharged on 31 May 1919 and awarded the Silver War Badge. With copied roll extract and m.i.c. - clasp confirmed.