Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance-Corporal J. Harris, Worcestershire Battalion, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 September 1915

1914 Star, with copy clasp (9434 Pte. J. Harris. 2/Worc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9434 Pte. J. Harris. Worc. R.); Memorial Plaque (John Harris) in OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mr. J. R. Freeman, Webleys Row, Bilson Green, Cinderford, Glos.’, good very fine (4) £240-£280

John Harris was born in Cinderford, Gloucestershire, the son of J. R. Freeman, and attested for the Worcestershire Regiment in Manchester. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914, and was killed in action on 26 September 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.

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