Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (2) (John George Blake; Richard Downes) good very fine (2) £80-£120

John George Blake attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment, and served with the South Downs Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. Awarded a Silver War Badge, he died at home on 22 June 1919, and is buried in Worthing (Broadwater) Cemetery, Sussex.

Richard Downes attested for the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 November 1915. He was killed in action on 24 August 1916; he has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.