Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Warrant Officer Class 2 J. H. Barlow, 2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment, killed in action, battle of Loos, 3 October 1915

1914-15 Star (8918 Sjt., Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8918 A.W.O. Cl. 2, Ches. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-140

John Henry Barlow was born in Handford, Cheshire and enlisted at Stockport. As a Serjeant in the Cheshire Regiment he entered France on 23 June 1915. As Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 in the 2nd Battalion, he was killed in action at the battle of Loos, 3 October 1915. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. With named forwarding slips for the above - one addressed to ‘Miss A. Appleton’. Also with copied research.