Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

Pair: Private J. Richards, South Staffordshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 20 April 1917
British War and Victory Medals (30991 Pte. J. Richards. S. Staff. R.); Memorial Plaque (Joseph Richards) solder and traces of verdigris to reverse of Plaque, otherwise very fine

Pair: Private W. Richards, South Staffordshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (31641 Pte. W. Richards. S. Staff. R.) good very fine (5) £100-£140

Joseph Richards, who was born in Walsall, was killed in action on 20 April 1917, while serving with the 9th Service Battalion (Pioneers), South Staffordshire Regiment, and was buried at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground.