Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private T. Whittaker, 11th (Accrington Pals) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 21 June 1916

British War and Victory Medals (15949 Pte. T. Whittaker. E. Lanc. R.), with remains of outer OHMS transmission envelope; Memorial Plaque (Thomas Whittaker) in card envelope, with outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr. Whittaker, 42 Albert Street, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington’, nearly extremely fine (3) £140-£180

Thomas Whittaker was born in Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, Lancashire, and attested for the East Lancashire Regiment at Accrington. He served with the 11th (Accrington Pals) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, and was killed in action on 21 June 1916. He is buried in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery, Somme, France.

Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.