Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private L. Melville, 14th (Fife and Forfar) Battalion, Royal Highlanders, late Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, a veteran of Gallipoli, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 2 September 1918

British War and Victory Medals (1926 Pte. L. Melville. Fife & Forfar Y.) very fine (2) £40-£50

Lindsay Webster Melville was born in Newburgh, Fifeshire. He served during the Great War with the 1/1st Battalion, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in Gallipoli from 7 September 1915 (entitled 1914-15 Star). The Battalion converted into the 14th (Fife and Forfar) Battalion, Royal Highlanders in December 1916, and he was serving with them when he was killed in action on the Western Front, 2 September 1918. Private Melville is buried in the Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.