Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Serjeant W. J. Winter, Royal Fusiliers

Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (6709 Pte., 1st Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6709 Pte., 4 / R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6709 Sjt., R. Fus.), mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £650-750

Walter Joseph Winter was born in Walworth and served in the Tibet Expedition with the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers. In the Great War, serving with the 4th Battalion, Winter died of wounds, France / Flanders, 16.6.1915. His name appears on the Menin Gate Memorial.