Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. J. Grigg, Devonshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916

1914-15 Star (11123 Pte. W. G. Griggs, Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (11123 Pte. W. G Griggs. Devon. R.); Memorial Plaque (William George Grigg), the Plaque with scoring on reverse, otherwise good very fine (4) £400-£500

William George Grigg was born in Camberwell, London, and attested for the Devonshire Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front and was killed in action on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, when the Battalion was decimated in an attempt to advance up “Sausage Valley”. His body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Sold with condolence slip from Lord Derby and original notification letter from the Admiralty expressing regret at the death of the recipient’s brother (?) Stoker A. J. Gregg, on 10 January 1924, while serving in H.M. Submarine L24, with related ephemera.