Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private E. E. V. Johnson, 14th (1st Birmingham Pals) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 September 1916

1914-15 Star (9137 Pte. E. E. V. Johnson. R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9137 Pte. E. E. V. Johnson. R. War. R.) edge bruising and some staining to VM, otherwise very fine (3) £120-£160

Ernest Emil Victor Johnson was born in London and attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Ladywood, Birmingham. He served with the 14th (1st Birmingham Pals) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 July 1915, and was killed in action on 3 September 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Falfemont Farm. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.