Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal H. Newcombe, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (9060 Cpl. H. Newcombe. D. of Corn: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9060 Cpl. H. Newcombe. D. of Corn. L.I.) mounted as worn, traces of verdigris to last, contact marks and edge bruising, good fine

Three: Private J. T. Negus, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (9659 Pte. J. T. Negus. D. of Corn. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9659. Pte. J. T. Negus. D.C.L.I.) good very fine (6) £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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Harry Newcombe attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914.

John Thomas Negus was born in Stepney, London, in 1893 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Bodmin, Cornwall, on 14 December 1910. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914, and later transferred to the Military Foot Police.