Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Fred Lapish) in somewhat damaged original card envelope, good very fine £50-£70

Fred Lapish was born at Shipley, Yorkshire and attested at Bradford for the Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). He served with the 18th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 13 November 1916. There is an inconsistency in official records regarding his first name, as he is recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as Frank Lapish, and is commemorated under that name at Sailly au Bois Military Cemetery, France. He is also commemorated on the Windhill War Memorial, Windhill, West Yorkshire, with the Christian name Fred.