Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Second Lieutenant J. S. Wilson, Machine Gun Corps

British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. J. S. Wilson.) edge bruise to VM, very fine (2) £60-£80

John Seaver Wilson was born in Liverpool on 26 August 1882, and joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps at Berkhamsted on 29 November 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Machine Gun Corps on 25 October 1916, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 April 1917. He was admitted to hospital sick on 1 June 1917, and proceeded to England on 26 July 1917. Advanced Acting Captain, he relinquished his commission on 11 April 1919.

Sold with copied service papers.