Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (2. Lieut. J. Mayall.; 7844 Pte. F. W. Ingham. K.O. Sco. Bord.; 40840 Pte. A. Mc Donald. K.O. Sco. Bord.; 8572 Pte. J. M. Montgomery. K.O.S.B.) good very fine (4) £70-90

James Mayall was born in Oldham, Lancashire, on 12 June 1891 and attested there for the Manchester Regiment on 28 September 1914. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 23 July 1915, and then with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from 16 January 1916. He subsequently served on the Western Front from 6 March 1917, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 26 June 1918. Posted to the 6th Battalion, he suffered a gun shot wound to the loins during an enemy attack at Harlebeke on 16 October 1918, and was repatriated to England on 20 October 1918. He died of his wounds, and subsequent secondary septicaemia, at home on 13 November 1918, and is buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery.

Sold together with a ‘Cartwheel Penny’, the reverse filed down and inscribed ‘375944 J. M. 10th Manc’.

Frederick Wright Ingham was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, and attested there for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers. He served as a Drummer with the 1st Battalion during the Great War at Mons and Gallipoli, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 14 June 1916. He is buried in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Alexander McDonald was born in Glasgow and attested there for the Highland Light Infantry. Transferring to the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, he served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 8 June 1918. He is buried in La Kreule Military Cemetery, France.