Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (PO.13407. Pte. W. Rodwell. R.M.L.I.; 27387 Pte. H. W. Mountford. W. York. R.; 34111. Pte. E. W. Sands. North’n. R.; S-314060 Pte. J. O. Harris A.S.C.; 22901. 2.A.M. N. Rayman R.A.F.) worn in parts, nearly very fine (5) £70-£90

William Rodwell was born on 23 October 1885 and enlisted in the Royal Marines in Portsmouth on 15 July 1903 whilst still underage. He is listed as serving in operations off the Belgian Coast whilst in H.M.S. Venerable in April 1915, and received his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 2 May 1919.
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Harold William Mountford was born in St Chad’s, Staffordshire and attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment at Lichfield. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 20 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

N. Rayman joined the Royal Flying Corps on February 14 1916. Only one N Rayman appears on the 1901 census – a seven year old named Nathan living with his family on Meanwood Road, Leeds. His father is listed as being a jeweller who is a ‘Russian Subject’.