Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. G. Butcher, 1st/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Welsh Regiment, who was killed in action on 24 July 1915

1914 Star (1742 Pte. W. G. Butcher. 1/6 Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (1742 Pte. W. G. Butcher. Welsh R.) good very fine (3) £140-£180

William George Butcher was born at Ystrad, Glamorgan and enlisted in the Welsh Regiment at Maesteg. He served with the 1/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion (Territorial Force) during the Great War on the Western Front, landing at Le Havre on 29 October 1914 and from there moving to work on the Lines of Communication. He was killed in action on 24 July 1915, his battalion at that time coming under the orders of the 84th Brigade in the 28th Division, and is buried in Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery, Belgium.