Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (Lieut. E. B. Buckland; 19356 Pte. D. E. Long. Norf. R.; 16145 Pte. J. Middleton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 3617 A. Cpl. G. T. Griggs. Essex R.; 16542 Pte. W. Shepherd. R. Berks. R.; L11497 Pte. J. C. Williams. Midd’x R.) suspension broken on Long’s medal with drill hole at 12 o’clock; Middleton’s medal lacking retaining rod; Victory Medal 1914-19 (G-2248 Pte. J. W. Usher. The Queen’s R.) generally good fine and better (7) £100-£140

Ernest Blas Buckland was born in Argentina on 31 May 1890 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment in September 1915. Promoted Lieutenant in January 1916, he served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action near Bethune on 5 October 1916. His Commanding Officer wrote: ‘He was a splendid officer and was getting on so well, always cheery and game for anything. He is, I assure you, a great loss to the Regiment.’ He is buried at Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarb, France.

Donald Edward Long was born in Little Melton, Norfolk, and attested for the Norfolk Regiment at Norwich. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Mesopotamia from 1916, and was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 29 March 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.

James Middleton was born in Birmingham and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 9 November 1914. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and subsequently with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 23 April 1919.

George Thomas Griggs attested for the Essex Regiment on 19 May 1915 and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 8 July 1916. He suffered a gun shot wound to the right leg in Egypt on 2 November 1917, and was discharged 3 August 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge no. 457004.

William Shepherd attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 May 1915, before transferring to the Army Service Corps on 1 February 1917. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 1 May 1919.

Joseph Williams attested for the Middlesex Regiment, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 September 1914. Transferring to the 3rd Battalion for service in Egypt, he drowned at sea on 3 November 1915, and is buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military Cemetery, Egypt.

William John Usher was born in Worldham, Hampshire, in 1895 and attested for the Royal West Surrey Regiment at Guildford, Surrey. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1915, and was killed in action on 13 May 1917. He is buried at Niederzwehren Cemetery, Belgium.

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