Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain B. Perkins, Worcestershire Regiment, who was wounded by gun shot at Arras on 23 April 1917

British War and Victory Medals (Capt. B. Perkins.) very fine (2) £50-£70

Benjamin Perkins was born on 25 September 1892 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 13th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, on 22 June 1915. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from November 1916, and was wounded by gun shot to the right leg and foot at Arras on 23 April 1917. Advanced Captain on the General List, he was demobilised in January 1919.

Sold with copied service papers and a USB memory stick of copied research.