Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain W. F. H. Clayton- Smith, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. F. H. Clayton-Smith); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. W. F. H. Clayton-Smith, K.O.Y.L.I.); Defence Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, somewhat polished, otherwise generally very fine (4) £160-180

W. F. H. Clayton-Smith, who was appointed a Captain in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in August 1914, appears to have served in the 5th Battalion. He was advanced to Major in October 1920.