Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Joe Conquest James) mounted in wooden shield shaped frame. extremely fine £80-£120

Joe Conquest James, Captain, 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, died on 14 July 1916, of wounds received on the Somme on 3 July, aged 40. He was the son of William Joseph and Ann Conquest James, of Wellington College Station, Berkshire, and is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery. Sold with a framed photograph of the recipient in uniform.