Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (W.O. Cl. 1 H. Spencer. C. of A.S.; 40424 Pte. J. Borland. E. York. R.; T2-12440 Dvr. J. Brush. A.S.C); Memorial Plaque (Alfred Albert Willard), with remnants of nail on reverse, generally good very fine or better (4) £70-£90

Harold Spencer, who was born in Oldham, died on 31 August 1919 in India and is commemorated on the Karachi 1914-18 War Memorial, while serving as a Schoolmaster in the Corps of Army Schoolmasters.

James Borland died on 23 February 1919, while serving with the 204th Field Company Royal Engineers; he was buried in the Glasgow Western Necropolis.

John Brush served during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 September 1915, and was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 27 October 1916).

Alfred Albert Willard, who was from St Peter’s, Kent, enlisted in Maidstone, and served during the Great War with the Army Service Corps. He died on 3 July 1917 in the Balkan theatre of war, while serving with the 20th Stationery Hospital, and is buried in the Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery.