Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private R. Bowers, Manchester Regiment, who was discharged due to wounds in February 1918
1914-15 Star (1632 Pte. R. Bowers. Manch: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1632 Pte. R. Bowers. Manch. R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B140498’, contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine

Three: Private C. H. Johnson, Manchester Regiment
1914-15 Star (24235 Pte. C. H. Johnson. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (24235 Pte. C. H. Johnson. Manch. R.) good very fine (6) £120-£160

Reuben Bowers was born in 1895 and attested for the Manchester Regiment. He served with the 1st/7th Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan Theatre of War, landing there on 6 May 1915, and is later recorded as having been wounded in action with gunshot wounds to left ankle, arm and leg. He was discharged as a consequence of wounds received in action on 22 February 1918.

Sold with a postcard size photograph of the recipient in uniform.

Cecil Henry Johnson attested for the Manchester Regiment on 19 April 1915 and served in ‘A’ Company, 13th Battalion, during the Great War on the Western Front. He was reported as missing in action on 1 April 1917, but must have subsequently re-joined as he is recorded as having been discharged on 25 February 1919.