Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private R. Daglish, Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action on the Somme, 10 August 1916

1914-15 Star (14973 Pte. R. Daglish. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (14973 Pte. R. Daglish. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Richard Daglish) VM officially renamed, generally very fine (4) £180-220

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.

View
Collection

Richard Daglish was a native of Washington Station, County Durham. He served during the Great War with the 7th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment on the Western Front. He was killed in action, 10 August 1916, when on the latter date the Battalion as part of the 49th (West Riding) Division moved from the South Bluff to the front line of the Somme. Daglish is buried in the Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, Somme, France.