Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Francis Leslie Short) very fine £60-£80

Francis Leslie Short, the son of Sir Frank Short, R.A., and Lady Short, of Brook Green, Hammersmith, London originally went to France as a Lieutenant with the 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 23 March 1915. Presumably he was either wounded, gassed or fell ill as he is listed as serving as Captain with the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion when he died on 3 June 1916. He is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Hammersmith Old Cemetery, London.