Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Sub-Lieutenant J. Wilson, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action at the Battle of Bapaume on 25 March 1918
British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt. J. Wilson. R.N.V.R.); Memorial Plaque (James Wilson) in card envelope, extremely fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant A. Wilson, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was killed in action at Pozieres on 27 March 1918
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lt. A. Wilson.); Memorial Plaque (Archibald Wilson) nearly extremely fine (6) £400-£500

James Wilson was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and served with the Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action at the Battle of Bapaume on 25 March 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Archibald Wilson, the brother of the above, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action at Pozieres on 27 March 1918, just two days after his brother was killed in action; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.

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