Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2. Lieut. W. A. Cheers.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (202 Sjt: W. Martin. 7/Lanc: Fus:) edge bruising and contact marks, very fine, the first better (2) £80-£120

Wilfroy Anson Cheers was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (Special Reserve) on 14 May 1915, and served with them during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 14 October 1916. For his services with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force he was Mentioned in Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude’s Despatch of 10 April 1917 (London Gazette 15 August 1917).

Sold with the recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, named to ‘South Lancashire Regiment. 2nd Lt. W. A. Cheers, Spec. Res.’, this in slightly distressed condition.

W. Martin was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 335 of 1 October 1913, and served with the 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during the Great War in Gallipoli.