Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. Jepps, 8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 7 October 1916

1914-15 Star (2539. Pte. W. Jepps. 8-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2539 Pte. W. Jepps. 8-Lond. R.); together with a white metal cap badge of the Post Office Rifles, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140

Walter Jepps attested for the 8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 March 1915. He was killed in action on 7 October 1916, aged 31, and is buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France. He had previously been employed by the Post Officer as a Sorter at the London East Central Sorting Office.