Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Corporal A. J. Fairfield, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 29 June 1918
British War and Victory Medals (40605 A. Sjt. A. J. Fairfield. W. York. R.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Albert James Fairfield); Memorial Scroll (Cpl. Albert James Fairfield, W. Yorkshire Regt.), with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in scroll holder, addressed to ‘Mr. Fairfield, 41 Boothen Old Road, Stoke-on-Trent’, extremely fine

Pair: Private J. D. Hinton, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 25 April 1918
British War and Victory Medals (325159 Pte. J. D. Hinton. W. York. R.) in slightly damaged named card box of issue, extremely fine (5) £120-£160

Albert James Fairfield was born in Derby and attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Transferring to the West Yorkshire Regiment, he served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front. Advanced Acting Sergeant, he was killed in action on 29 June 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, France.

Jack Desmond Hinton was born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, and attested for the Huntingdonshire Cyclist Corps. Transferring to the West Yorkshire Regiment, he served during the Great War with the 1st/5th Battalion on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 25 April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.