Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private S. J. Claxton, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 August 1917

1914-15 Star (GS-7110 Pte. S. J. Claxton. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-7110 Pte. S. J. Claxton. R. Fus.) good very fine (3) £60-£80

Sidney James Claxton was born in Earlsfield, Surrey, and attested for the Royal Fusiliers at St. Paul’s Churchyard, London. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 May 1915, and was killed in action on 11 August 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.