Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. W. J. Beecroft, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 1 May 1917

British War and Victory Medals (R-25455 Pte. J. W. J. Beecroft. K.R. Rif. C.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (John William Joseph Beecroft) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. A. E. Beecroft, 77 Rattray Rd, Brixton, London’, extremely fine (3) £80-£120

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.

John William Joseph Beecroft was born in Lambeth, Surrey, and attested there for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 1 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Sold with copied research.