Orders, Decorations and Medals

British War Medal (20391 Pte. J. Cunliffe, Bord. R.) good very fine £20-25

John Cunliffe was born in Altham, Lancashire, and enlisted at Acrington. He was killed in action in France and Flanders on 1 July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. His name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.