Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance-Sergeant W. W. Spillman, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 30 January 1915

1914 Star, with copy clasp (8041 L. Sjt. W. M. [sic] Spillman. 2/ North’n R.); British War and Victory Medals (8041 Cpl. W. W. Spillman. North’n. R.); Memorial Plaque (Walter Waverley Spillman) in card envelope, minor spots of verdigris on plaque otherwise generally good very fine (4) £160-£200

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

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Walter Waverley Spillman was born at Mile End, London in 1888 and attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment at Stratford, Essex in July 1906. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November 1914 and was killed in action on 30 January 1915. He is buried at Euston Post Cemetery, Laventie, France.