Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Colour-Sergeant L. J. Serra, 12th (The Rangers) Battalion, London Regiment, later Royal Garrison Artillery, who was wounded at St. Julien on 24 April 1915
1914-15 Star (2684 Pte. L. J. Serra. 12-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2684 C.Sjt L. J. Serra. 12-Lond. R.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, contact marks, good very fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant N. Foskett, Machine Gun Corps, late 28th (Artist’s Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, who was twice wounded on the Western Front
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. N. Foskett.); together with the recipient’s Artists Rifles cap badge, good very fine (6) £100-£140

Leon John Serra, a Building Surveyor from Marylebone, Middlesex, was born in Swanwick, Hampshire in 1887 and attested for the 12th (The Rangers) Battalion, London Regiment on 7 September 1914. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 March 1915 and received shell wounds to his head and foot at St. Julien on 24 April 1915. Appointed Acting Corporal on 24 July 1915, he joined the Potential Officer’s Course at Woolwich on 26 June 1917, the same day transferring as a Fitter Staff Sergeant into the Royal Garrison Artillery. After further service in Egypt, he was demobilised on 14 February 1919. He died in Marylebone on 12 October 1951.

Noel Foskett, a Solicitor from Forest Hill, London, was born on 27 December 1889 and attested for the 28th (Artist Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment on 15 December 1915. He was transferred to the Army Reserve the following day before mobilisation on 5 December 1916. Discharged to a temporary commission in the Machine Gun Corps on 25 September 1917, he served with the 15th Company, Machine Gun Corps on the Western Front from 3 November 1917, with whom he was wounded on 29 June 1918. After a period of leave in the U.K. he was further wounded on 19 October 1918, and was demobilised on 23 March 1919. He died in Lewes, Sussex, in June 1967.

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