Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private M. Williams, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres on 1 November 1914

1914 Star (9694 Pte. M. Williams. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (Pte. M. Williams. C. Gds.); Memorial Plaque (Maurice Williams) nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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Maurice Williams served with No. 1 Company, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914 and was killed in action at Ypres on 1 November 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.