Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Major L. Edge, Lancashire Fusiliers

1914-15 Star (Capt. L. Edge. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Major L. Edge.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, very fine (4) £140-£180

Louis Edge was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1891 and was commissioned into the 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (Territorial Force). He served during the Great War as a Captain in Gallipoli from 5 May 1915 (his Medal Index Card erroneously gives the date of entry in Gallipoli as 11 September 1914). Promoted Major, he was awarded his Territorial Decoration in 1925 (London Gazette 5 May 1925).

Sold with copied research including a group photographic image of the officers of the 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, including the recipient.