Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (2) (Guy Kenyon Pierson; Basil Munday East) first in card envelope of issue, traces of verdigris to latter, generally nearly very fine and better (2) £80-£120

Guy Kenyon Pierson was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, and attested for the Royal Fusiliers as a Private with service number SPTS/4228. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action during the first week of the Battle of the Somme, on 7 July 1916, on which date the battalion suffered heavy casualties in the area of Mash Valley. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Basil Munday East was born in Leyton and attested for the London Regiment. He served during the Great War on the Western Front as a Sergeant in the 1st/15th Battalion (Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles), and was was killed on 15 September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.