Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (306846 Pte. W. Ellison. L’pool R.; 95095 Pte. P. Zukanckas. L’pool R.; 19030 Pte. R. Peebles. R.S. Fus.; 62420 Pte. G. T. Woodward. Ches. R.; 34699 Pte. J. Woodhouse. Manch. R.; 2236 Pte. J. Doyle. Manch. R.) attempted erasure of naming to last, suspension slack on some, otherwise generally nearly very fine (6) £80-£120

William Ellison, of Edge Hill, Liverpool, attested for the King’s (Liverpool Regiment) ands served with the 1/7th (Territorial) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 15 April 1918, when the Battalion was heavily involved in the fighting during the Battle of the Lys, in particular at the Battle of Hazebrouck (12-15 April). He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.

Robert Peebles, of Maryhill, Glasgow, attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 10 May 1918, and is buried in the Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil, France.

George Thomas Woodward, a railway porter from Holmes Chapel in Crewe, attested for the Cheshire Regiment in April 1917, and served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from April 1918. He died during the Spanish influenza epidemic on 18 December 1918 and is buried in Dullens Communal Cemetery Extension.

James Woodhouse, of Prestwich, Lancashire, attested for the Manchester Regiment and served with the 18th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died on 29 August 1917 and is buried in the Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension.

Joseph Doyle attested for the Manchester Regiment before being posted to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment as number 29268, and served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on April 10 1918 during the Battle of the Lys where the battalion, along with other members of the 55th (West Lancashire) Division, came under a heavy German attack that included extensive use of mustard gas. He is buried in the Croix-Du-Bac Cemetery, France.