Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Coad, Bedfordshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 14 October 1916

1914-15 Star (15974 Pte. J. Coad. Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (15974. Pte. J. Coad. Bedf. R.); Memorial Plaque (John Coad) all mounted in a large glazed display frame together with named Record Office enclosures for the medals and Buckingham Palace enclosure for the Plaque, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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John Coad was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne ands attested for the Bedfordshire Regiment in London. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 July 1915, and was killed in action on 14 October 1916, on which date the Battalion was in the trenches at Guedecourt. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.