Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group to brothers-in-law both killed in France on the same day:

Pair: Private W. G. C. Riddle, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, late South Wales Borderers
British War and Victory Medals (43971 W. G. C. Riddle. S. Wales Bord.) with transmission slip

Pair: Sergeant W. Longden, South Wales Borderers
British War and Victory Medals (22408 Sjt. W. Longden. S. Wales Bord.) with transmission slip and named lid from card box of issue, extremely fine (4) £120-160

93906 William G. C. Riddle, 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (formerly 49371 Private, South Wales Borderers), was killed in action on 8 October 1918, aged 36, son of Mrs Mary Jane Longden, of Hollytree Cottage, Grovesend, Thornbury, Bristol. He is buried in Bois-des-Angles British Cemetery, Crevecoeur-sur-L’escaut, France.

22408 Sergeant William Longden, 10th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, was killed in action on 8 October 1918, aged 22, son of George Longden, of Hollytree Cottage, Grovesend, Thornbury, Bristol. He is buried in Guizancourt Farm Cemetery, Gouy, France.