Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. Cowan, Border Regiment
1914-15 Star (12159 Pte. J. Cowan. Bord: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (12159 Pte. J. Cowan. Bord. R.) very fine

Pair: Private A. F. Drew, Grenadier Guards
British War and Victory Medals (27246 Pte. A. F. Drew. G. Gds.) extremely fine

Pair: Private S. J. Fitchett, East Surrey Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (17365 Pte. S. J. Fitchett. E. Surr. R.) extremely fine

Pair: Private H. Lacey, Hampshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (45156 Pte. H. Lacey. Hamps. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private C. Thomas, Hampshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (306920 Pte. C. Thomas. Hamps. R.) very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (G-1198 Pte. T. E. Martin. E. Kent R.; 26650 Pte. F. H. Grinnell. D. of Corn. L.I.; 25561 Pte. V. A. French. Hamps. R.; R-28877 Pte. J. Staddon. K.R. Rif. C.) edge bruise to second, this nearly very fine, the others nearly extremely fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (99484 Pte. T. W. Evanson. L’pool R.; 61586 Pte. W. B. Wigham. Y. & L.R.) traces of verdigris to latter, very fine (16) £140-180

John Cowan served with the 7th Battalion, Border Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 July 1915. He was discharged on 7 July 1917 (entitled to a Silver War Badge).

Sidney James Fitchett was born in Clapham, Surrey, and attested for the East Surrey Regiment at Kingston-upon-Thames. He served during the Great War with “C” Company, 9th Battalion, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 June 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Thomas Edwin Martin was born in St. Pancras, London, and attested there for the East Kent Regiment. He served during the Great War with the 7th Battalion, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 November 1916, on which date the battalion took part in the attack on Desire Trench, in what was their final action at the Battle of the Somme. He is buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France.

John Henry Staddon was born in Broad Clyst, Devon, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Exeter. He served during the Great War with the 7th Battalion, and died of wounds on the Western Front on 21 April 1917. He is buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France.