Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The 1914-15 Star awarded to Private W. E. Crunston, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 9 May 1915

1914-15 Star (R-4824 Pte. W. E. Crunston. K.R. Rif: C.); Memorial Plaque (William Edward Crunston) minor traces of verdigris, good very fine (2) £70-£90

William Edward Crunston (also recorded at Crumston) attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 April 1915. He died of wounds on 9 May 1915, and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.