Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Bugle-Major W. J. Locke, Rifle Brigade

1914 Star (3476 Bglr: W. Locke. 2/Fif: Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (3476 Sjt. W. J. Locke. Rif. Brig.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6905356 Sjt. W. J. Locke. Rif. Brig.) heavy contact marks therefore good fine, the last better (4) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Musicians formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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William John Locke served during the Great War as a Bugler in the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade in France from 7 November 1914, and was subsequently advanced Sergeant-Bugler. He won the Best Shot in the Warrant Officers and Sergeants category in the Battalion’s annual shooting competition in 1922, and was awarded his Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 November 1927. Advanced to Bugle-Major, he led a party of 12 Buglers from the Battalion in a massed display at the Royal Tournament at Olympia in 1929, before retiring the following year.

Sold with various group photographic images of the recipient.