Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (50411 Pte. E. T. Atkinson. L’pool R.; 25499 A.Cpl. F. Carnell. L’pool R.; 24201 Pte. T. Ellis. Lan. Fus.; 8503 Pte. H. G. Waugh. E. Lan. R.; 15191 Pte. W. Ainscough. L.N. Lan. R.) staining and edge bruising to last two, generally nearly very fine and better (5) £60-£80

Edmund Thomas Atkinson, a native of Oldham, Lancashire, attested for the Liverpool Regiment and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died on 11 April 1918, and is buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, France.

Thomas Ellis was born in Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, and attested for the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment at Nottingham. Transferring to the Lancashire Fusiliers, he served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 July 1915, and was killed in action on 12 October 1918, whilst attached to the 52nd Light Trench Mortar Battery. He is buried in Neuvilly Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Henry George Waugh, a native of York, attested for the East Lancashire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great Wart on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 15 February 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.

William Ainscough attested for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 4 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was in action at La Boisselle. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.