Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant L. Newall, 1st Battalion, London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 September 1915

1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Memorial Plaque (Leslie Newall) all mounted in a decorative glazed display frame; Memorial Scroll ‘2/Lieut. Leslie Newall, 1/London Regiment’ mounted in a glazed display frame, with Buckingham Palace enclosure affixed to the reverse of the frame, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240

Leslie Newall was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment, on 29 August 1914, and transferred to the 1st Battalion on 5 September 1914. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front and was killed in action on 2 September 1915. He is buried in Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France.

Note: Owing to the fact that the medals are held in a glazed display frame which can not easily be dismantled, the naming details on the three medals have not been inspected. Consequently this lot is sold as viewed and not subject to return.

For the medals awarded to the recipient’s brother, see Lot 177.