Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star (7602 Pte. R. Cleasby. 1/W. York: R.) verdigris to hilt of one sword, nearly very fine £120-£160

Robert Cleasby was born in Dewsbury and attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment at York. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 September 1914, and was killed in action on 22 September 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.