Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Foley, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, killed in action on the Western Front, 13 October 1914

1914 Star (6751 Pte. J. Foley. K.O. Sco: Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (6751 Pte. J. Foley. K.O. Sco. Bord.) good very fine (3) £100-140

John Foley was born in Dumfries, and attested there for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 October 1914, one of 23 casualties that the Regiment suffered that day. He is buried in Brown’s Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France.

Note: The date of his death is recorded as 13 October 1914 on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll and associated documents, but is erroneously listed as 13 October 1915 in Soldier’s Died in the Great War.