Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private C. W. Stanyon, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (34087 Pte. C. W. Stanyon. R. Lanc. R.); Memorial Plaque (Charles William Stanyon); together with the recipient’s two identity tags ‘34087 Pte Stanyan [sic] C., K.O.R.L.’, small spot of verdigris to plaque, good very fine (3) £80-£120

Charles William Stanyon was born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, and attested for the King’s Own Royal Lancashire Regiment at Leicester. He served with the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia, and was killed in action on 29 April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.