Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private H. Smith, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (1165 Pte. H. Smith. R. War: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1165 Pte. H. Smith. R. War. R.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, very fine

Pair: Private S. E. Grimes, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 August 1917
British War and Victory Medals (18476 Pte. S. E. Grimes. R. War. R.); in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (6) £100-£140

Henry Smith attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and served as a Drummer with the 14th (1st Birmingham City) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 November 1915.

Stanley Edwin Grimes was born in Reading, Berkshire, in 1890 and attested for the Somerset Light Infantry in Oxford in April 1916. Posted to Blandford to train as a Signaller, he transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action by a shell whilst carrying out signalling duties on 12 August 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.