Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Captain W. F. Todd, Scottish Rifles, late 7th (Blythswood) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry - with whom he fought in Gallipoli

1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. W. F. Todd. High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. F. Todd.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated ‘1914-1915’, with bronze palm on riband, mounted as worn, Great War awards good fine, remainder very fine (6) £300-400

France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 30 March 1916.

Walter Frederick Todd was a native of Glasgow, and he served as a Sergeant with the 7th (Blythswood) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (T.F.) prior to the Great War. Todd was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the same battalion, 1 May 1915, and initially served during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 3 July 1915. He subsequently advanced to Captain and transferred to the 2nd Battalion, before finally transferring to the Scottish Rifles.