Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private H. R. Davies, King’s (Liverpool Regiment), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (93781 Pte. H. R. Davies. L’pool R.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Robert Hercules Davies [sic]) in card envelope; together with a Lancashire Senior Competition A Team Championships prize medal, gold (9ct, 16.91g), the reverse engraved ‘Salford 1898-9 H. Davies’, nearly extremely fine (4) £240-£280

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.

Hercules Robert Davies was born in Manchester and attested there for the King’s Liverpool Regiment. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 13 August 1918, aged 19. He is buried in Hagle Dump Cemetery, France.

Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the medals; photograph of the recipient's original grave; a photograph of he recipient, and one of his parents; a newspaper cutting containing a photograph of the recipient; and copied research.

Note: The gold prize medal is believed to have been awarded to the recipient’s father, William Hercules Davies.