Auction Catalogue

8 December 2016

Starting at 10:00 AM

.

Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Live Online Auction

Download Images

Lot

№ 273

.

8 December 2016

Hammer Price:
£110

Three: Private J. Whitehead, West Riding Regiment
1914-15
Star (3-11357. Pte. J. Whitehead, W. Rid. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-11357 Pte. J. H. Whitehead. W. Rid. R.) good very fine

Three: Private F. Whitehead, West Riding Regiment
1914-15
Star (12983, Pte. F. Whitehead, W. Rid. R.) silvered; British War and Victory Medals (12983 Pte. F. Whitehead. W. Rid. R.) good very fine (6) £80-120

Joseph Haig Whitehead was born in Marsden, Yorkshire. He served during the Great War with the West Riding Regiment in the French theatre of war, from 5 December 1914. He suffered from Rheumatic Fever, and was discharged ‘no longer physically fit for war service’, 18 August 1915, having served 349 days.