Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sapper W. Yeo, Royal Engineers, who died in Mesopotamia on 31 December 1918
British War and Victory Medals; British War and Victory Medals (35991 Spr. W. Yeo. R.E.) very fine

Pair: Private F. W. Carter, Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 16 January 1917
British War and Victory Medals (22998 Pte. F. W. Carter. Norf. R.) good very fine (4) £70-£90

William Yeo attested for the Royal Engineers and served during the Great War in Mesopotamia. He died on 31 December 1918 and is buried in the Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Frederick William Carter, a native of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, attested for the Norfolk Regiment on 8 November 1915 and served with them during the Great War in India from 23 May 1916, before later service with the 7th Battalion in Mesopotamia. He was killed in action on 24 February 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.