Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private R. Astin, East Lancashire Regiment
1914-15 Star (14536. Pte. R. Astin, E. Lan. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (14536 Pte. R. Astin. E. Lan. R.) traces of verdigris to VM, very fine

Pair: Private J. Fletcher, Welsh Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (65372 Pte. J. Fletcher. Welsh R.) good very fine

Pair: Private F. S. Miller, Essex Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (47150 Pte. F. S. Miller. Essex R.) minor official correction to unit on VM, very fine

Pair: Private C. Seelig, Middlesex Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (G-72162 Pte. C. Seelig. Middx. R.) minor official correction to rank on VM, very fine

Pair: Private S. Vernon, Manchester Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (9125 Pte. S. Vernon. Manch. R.) very fine (10) £80-£120

Rowland Astin was born in Burnley, Lancashire, in 1895, and attested for the East Lancashire Regiment at Clitheroe, Lancashire, on 14 September 1914. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 September 1915, before transferring to the Labour Corps on 1 January 1918. He contracted malaria in July 1918, whilst serving in Macedonia, and transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 15 April 1919.

Sold with copied medical records, Medal Index Card, and other research.

Frederick Spartan Miller was born in Ramsgate, Kent, in 1872, and served with the Essex Regiment during the Great War, before transferring to the Norfolk Regiment.

Charles Seelig was born in London in 1891, and served with the 3rd Independent Labour Company, Middlesex Regiment during the Great War.