Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. Sturmey, Dorsetshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Ramadi, Mesopotamia on 28 September 1917

British War and Victory Medals (1386 Pte., Dorset R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1386 Pte., Dorset R.), with related Memorial Plaque (Walter Harris Sturmey), memorial scroll and portrait photograph, all contained in an old oak glazed display frame, extremely fine (4) £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties formed by Tim Parsons.

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Walter H. Sturmey was born at Cerne, Dorsetshire and enlisted at Dorchester.

He was killed in action in the attack on Ramadi, Mesopotamia on 28 September 1917, while serving in ‘C’ Company, 1/4 Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, and is commemorated on the North Gate of the Baghdad War Memorial.