Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private F. T. Luxford, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action on 4 December 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (A-201403 Pte. F. T. Luxford. 8/K.R.R.C.); British War and Victory Medals (A-201403 Pte. F. T. Luxford. K.R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Thomas Luxford) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917.

Frederick Thomas Luxford was born in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Walthamstow, Essex. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 4 December 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.