Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. J. Meredith, South Wales Borderers, who was wounded whilst serving during the Great War with the Tsingtau Expeditionary Force

1914-15 Star (10535 Pte. W. J. Meredith. S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (10535 Pte. W. J. Meredith. S. Wales Bord.) good very fine (3) £120-160

Walter J. Meredith served with the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers during the Great War as part of the Tsingtao Expeditionary Force from 23 September 1914, when the 2nd Battalion, along with a detachment of the 36th Sikhs, formed the bulk of the British troops sent to assist the Japanese in capturing Germany’s naval base at Tsingtao, and was wounded within the first two months (Casualty report from North China, dated 25 November refers). He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps, and was discharged on 11 March 1919.