Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant N. Newall, Welsh Guards, late Honourable Artillery Company, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 October 1917

1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals; Memorial Plaque (Nigel Newall) all mounted in a decorative glazed display frame; Memorial Scroll ‘Lieut. Leslie Newall, Welsh Guards’ mounted in a glazed display frame, with Buckingham Palace enclosure affixed to the reverse of the frame, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400

Nigel Newall attested for the Honourable Artillery Company and served with them as a Private during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1914. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards on 7 May 1915, and, having been promoted Lieutenant, was killed in action at Laventie on 12 October 1917. His comrade, Percy Battye, wrote: ‘I cannot tell you how dreadfully sorry I am for you. He was such a splendid person, and was simply worshipped by his men and loved by all of us. He will be most terribly missed. Just before he was killed, we were talking about home and other things, and his last words to me were “Thank God, Percy, we are out here, and not winning the war in England”.’
He is buried in Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France.

Sold with the recipient’s identity bracelet ‘Lieut: Nigel Newall, 1st. Battn. Welsh Guards.’

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 204.