Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Bugler W. A. Marshall, 1/14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish), later 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers (Territorial Force)

1914 Star, with later slide clasp (1856 Bglr. W. A. Marshall. 14/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1856 Pte. W. A. Marshall. 14-Lond. R.); together with a London Scottish Reel Club medallion, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Juniors Sword Dance. Bugler W. A. Marshall.’, good very fine or better (4) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals.

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William Alfred Marshall was born in 1893 in Bethnal Green, London, the son of James and Rebecca Marshall, and attested for the London Scottish in 1913. He served with them as a Bugler during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 September 1914, later transferring to the 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers (Territorial Force).