Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private S. Smith, Manchester Regiment

1914-15 Star (1944 Pte., Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1944 Pte., Manch. R.) some contact marks, very fine (3) £90-110

James Sidney Smith was born in Beeston Hill, Leeds and enlisted at Patricroft, Lancashire. Serving with the 1/5th Battalion Manchester Regiment, he was killed in action in Gallipoli on 5 June 1915. His name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. With a copied account of the Third Battle of Krithia, 4 June 1915.