Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (2) (Sydney Bone; Edward Elkin), second in original card cover and with King’s letter, the first polished and very fine, the other good very fine (2) £70-£90

Sydney Bone died on 11 February 1920, while serving with the 22nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment, and was buried at Withington (St Paul) Churchyard.

Edward Elkin, who was born in Cheadle, Staffordshire, was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 25 January 1917, while serving with the 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.