Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private D. Skinner, Scots Guards
British War and Victory Medals (17694 Pte. D. Skinner. S. Gds.) very fine

1914 Star (8688 Pte. D. J. Browne. R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (3) (1927 Pte. W. Foskett. Warwick. Yeo.; 21648 Pte. J. L. Page. G. Gds.; 8483. Pte. A. Taaffe. I. Gds.) nearly very fine or better (6) £140-£180

James Lawrence Page was born in London and attested there for the Grenadier Guards, having previously served with the Middlesex Engineers (Territorial Force). He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War, and was wounded during the attack on Hill 70. After a period of recuperation in Chelsea, where he acted as an Instructor, he returned to the Western Front and was promoted Lance-Corporal. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 31 July 1917. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient.