Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private G. Payne, Machine Gun Corps
British War and Victory Medals (118756 Pte. G. Payne. M.G.C.) mounted as worn, very fine

Pair: Worker L. J. Cooper, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps
British War and Victory Medals (22620 Wkr. L. J. Cooper. Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine

1914-15 Star (2) (GS-7668 Pte. A. J. Pearson. R.R. of Cav.; R-12818 Pte. R. Gillett. K.R. Rif: C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (S-4016 Pte. I. Taylor. Rif. Brig.; 57216 Pte. H. C. Wilson. M.G.C.; 830 Pte. H. C. Ellis. Br. W.I.R.); together with a British West Indies Regiment cap badge; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (22243 Pte. W. H. Clough. G. Gds.; Rev. W. A. Jeayes.) surname on last officially corrected, generally very fine or better (11) £140-£180

Arthur John Pearson attested for the Reserve Regiment of Cavalry, and was posted to the 3rd Dragoon Guards. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 December 1914, and died of wounds at home, whilst attached to the 2nd Life Guards, on 29 June 1915. He is buried in Smethwick (Uplands) Cemetery, Staffordshire.

Horace Cecil Wilson was born in Royston, Hertfordshire, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Battersea, London. He served during the Great War with the 83rd Company, Machine Gun Corps in Salonika, and died on 12 October 1918. He is buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.