Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (4214 Pte. J. Gillard, Devon R.; 267704 Pte. W. King, Devon R.; 22535 Pte. G. Slee, Devon R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. R. G. Legge); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-18 (1297 Pte. A. J. Cork, Devon R.), attempted erasure of name, good very fine and better (5) £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of Angela and the late Douglas Bertram.

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Captain Ronald George Legge, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 18 December 1914, aged 36 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial. He was the son of the Hon. Charles Legge, grandson of the 4th Earl of Dartmouth.