Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (3) (James Holder; William Langford; Charles Henry Stephenson) first two in card envelopes, some staining to first, otherwise generally good very fine (3) £80-£100

Four men with the name James Holder appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour, including a October 1914 casualty and two men killed on the Somme

Four men with the name William Langford appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour; however, the remnants of an addressed OHMS envelope of the type used to send medals to recipients and next of kin included with this lot indicates that this is the Plaque to a member of the 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 June 1915.

Two men with the name Charles Henry Stephenson appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour: A member of the Royal Naval Reserve who was lost at sea when the Trawler Arfon struck a German mine on 30 April 1917; and a Private in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers who was killed in action on the Somme on 30 July 1916.