Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal W. Craggs, Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action, 1 March 1916

1914-15 Star (12849 Cpl. W. Craggs. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12849 Cpl. W. Craggs. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (William Craggs) VM renamed, very fine or better (4) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments.

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William Craggs was born in Durham, and served during the Great War with the 7th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment on the Western Front. In Spring 1916 the 7th Battalion was in action at the Bluff, south-west of Ypres. Craggs was killed in action, 1 March 1916, and is buried in the Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3, Ypres, Belgium.