Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private C. Fuller, 2/3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), who died in Gallipoli, 28 November 1915
1914-15 Star (2777. Pte. C. Fuller. 3-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2777 Pte. C. Fuller. 3-Lond. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private E. Arnett, 1/21st (County of London), London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), who died of wounds on the Western Front, 12 July 1916
British War and Victory Medals (5789 Pte. E. Arnett. 21-Lond. R.) minor edge bruising, very fine (5) £100-£140

Cecil Fuller served during the Great War with the 2/3rd (City of London )Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in the Egyptian theatre of war from 19 April 1915. He moved with the Battalion for service in Gallipoli in September of the same year, and died 28 November 1915 - probably as a consequence of the great thunderstorm that hit the peninsula, costing the Battalion 50 men drowned in the trenches, and leading to the evacuation of many due to frostbite. Private Fuller is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli.

Ernest Arnett was born in Camberwell, London, and served during the Great War with the 1/21st (County of London), London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles). He died of wounds on the Western Front, 12 July 1916, and is buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.