Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant E. Walker, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 October 1917

1914-15 Star (2214 Pte. E. Walker. W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2214 A. Sjt. E. Walker. W. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Edgar Walker) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Serjt. Edgar Walker, W. Yorkshire Regt.’, good very fine and better (5) £200-£240

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

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Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family.

Edgar Walker was born in Leeds on 18 April 1888 and attested there for the West Yorkshire Regiment. He served with the 1st/8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 April 1915, and was killed in action on 9 October 1917 during the Battalion’s attack west of Passchendaele, on which date the battalion suffered over 320 casualties, including 19 out of their 23 officers. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

Sold with copied research.