Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Whittle, 10th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, who was killed in action during the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915
1914-15 Star (13793 Pte. H. Whittle. Sco: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (13793 Pte. H. Whittle. Sco. Rif.) good very fine

Family group:

Pair: Private A. T. Laird, Army Service Corps
British War and Victory Medals (S-312342 Pte. A. T. Laird. A.S.C.) good very fine

Four: Corporal A. T. Laird, 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who died in Normandy, France, 11 August 1944
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr A. T. Laird, 37 Carfin Street, Glasgow’, extremely fine (9) £100-£140

Henry Whittle was the son of Joanna Whittle of 29 Lomax Street, Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire. Whittle served during the Great War with the 10th Battalion, Scottish Rifles in the French theatre of war from 11 July 1915. He was killed in action on the Western Front, 25 September 1915, aged just 17. On the latter date the Battalion was engaged as part of the attack on Hill 70 during the 1st day of the Battle of Loos.

Private Whittle is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

Sold with the following related documents: 2 photographs of recipient as a child, and his mother’s Bible - inscribed ‘Joanna Whittle’, the last somewhat damaged.

Alexander Terris Laird was a native of Glasgow, and served during the Great War with the Army Service Corps.

Andrew Terris Laird was the son of the above, and also a native of Glasgow. He served during the Second War with the 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and died in France, 11 August 1944.

Corporal Laird is buried in Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, Normandy, France.