Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private L. Barrett, 1st Battalion, London Regiment, who died of wounds from the effects of gas on the Western Front on 21 August 1916

British War and Victory Medals (5300 Pte. L. Barrett. 1-Lond. R.) in named card box of issue, with outer OHMS envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. Barrett, 15 Magdala Road, Dartmouth Park Hill’; Memorial Plaque (Lewis Barrett) cleaned, very fine (3) £100-£140

Lewis Barrett attested for the 1st Battalion, London Regiment at Highgate, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 July 1916. He died of wounds (gas) the following month on 21 August 1916, and is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Sold with named Record Office enclosure and copied research.