Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria including the collection to Naval Artificers formed by JH Deacon

Three: Private F. Banks, Northamptonshire Regiment

1914-15 Star (12278 L. Cpl., North’n. R.); British War and Victory Medals (12278 Pte., North’n. R.), good very fine (3) £30-40

Frank Banks served in the 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, which unit arrived in France in May 1915 and participated in the Battle of Loos. He was honourably discharged in mid-December 1915, possibly as a result of wounds.