Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant J. H. Churchyard, Army Service Corps

1914 Star, with clasp (2 Lieut: J. H. Churchyard. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut: J. H. Churchyard.) obverse of Star somewhat polished, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £100-£140

John Humphrey Churchyard was commissioned into the Army Service Corps and served during the Great War on the Western Front from September 1914.

For the medals to the recipient’s brother, Captain O. P. Churchyard, see Lot 285.

Note: The Great War medal group awarded to his younger brother, Captain Arthur Stewart Churchyard, 6th Rifle Brigade, were sold in these rooms on 22 September 2000.