Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (6DG-3764 W.O. CL 2. H. Cowley. 6-D Gds; 11261 Pte. R. S. Wright G. Gds) nearly very fine (2) £80-£100

Harry Cowley, a native of Birmingham, served with the 6th Dragoon Guards during the Great War on the Western Front as part of the first wave of the British Expeditionary Force from 16 August 1914. He was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres on 31 October 1914; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Robert Scott Wright, a native of Battersea, London and originally from Hucknall in Nottinghamshire, served with the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1914. He was killed in action on 10 March 1915, the first day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle; he has no known grave and is remembered on Le Touret Memorial, France.