Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. R. Lingard Manch. R.) small trace of verdigris, good very fine £60-£80

John Reginald Lingard was commissioned Lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment on 31 October 1914, and served with the 6th Battalion as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the Great War from 18 August 1915. He died three days later, on 21 August 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.