Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant C. W. Sherwood, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), who was killed in action at Burlon Wood, Cambrai, on 28 November 1917

1914-15 Star (E-459 Pte. C. W. Sherwood. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. C. W. Sherwood.) all in named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Clement Walter Sherwood) in card envelope, extremely fine (4) £160-£200

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

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Clement Walter Sherwood was born n Sheffield, Yorkshire, and attested for the Royal Fusiliers, serving with the 17th (Empire) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 November 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers on 22 November 1916, and was killed in action at Burlon Wood, Cambrai, on 28 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, France.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; and copied research.