Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Great War pair awarded to Corporal Joseph Chamley, 2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, who died of wounds received on 31 July 1917, the first day of the battle of Pilckem at Passchendaele

British War and Victory Medals (202014 Cpl. J. Chamley. Lan. Fus.) extremely fine (2) £40-£50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robin Scott-Smith Collection of Medals to Casualties.

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Joseph Chamley was born at Bolton and enlisted at Bury. He died on 2 August 1917, of wounds received on 31 July 1917, the first day of the battle of Pilckem at Passchendaele. He is buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Belgium.