Auction Catalogue

23 March 2022

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Lot

№ 259

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23 March 2022

Hammer Price:
£220

Three: Private J. Gardener, 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 13 March 1915

1914-15 Star (17960 Pte J. Gardiner [sic]. Worc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (17960 Pte. J. Gardener. Worc. R.); Memorial Plaque (James Gardener) medals in named card boxes of issue, and contained in original OHMS delivery envelopes addressed to recipient’s father, nearly extremely fine

Three:
Private W. B. Jenkinson, Worcestershire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (28293 Pte. W. B. Jenkinson. Worc. R.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1954 (William B. Jenkinson) clasp loose, in named card box of issue; with Birmingham Special Constabulary Reserve badge, reverse numbered ‘1510’, by J. R. Gaunt, London (7) £200-£240

James Gardener was the son of Mr and Mrs W. Gardener of 7 Yew Tree Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment in the French theatre of war, and was killed in action, 13 March 1915.

Private Gardener is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.