Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Corporal E. Larter, Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action at Ypres on the Western Front on 11 August 1917

British War and Victory Medals (43479 Cpl. E. Larter. Norf. R.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Ernest Larter), extremely fine (3) £120-£160

Ernest Larter was born in Bungay, Suffolk, and attested for the Norfolk Regiment at Norwich. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 11 August 1917, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Inverness Copse, Ypres, in which they suffered 1 officer and 45 other ranks killed or died of wounds; and 7 officers and 87 other ranks wounded. Larter has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Sold together with named Record Office enclosure for the British War and Victory Medal; two photographs of the recipient; and copied research.