Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant R. S. Giles, Somerset Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (40234 Sgt. R. S. Giles. Som. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private H. Gulliford, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 21 October 1916
British War Medal 1914-20 (3-7618 Pte. H. Gulliford. Som. L.I.), Victory Medal (3-7518 [sic] Pte. H. Gulliford. Som. L.I.), very fine

Pair: Private F. Haysham, Somerset Light Infantry, late Machine Gun Corps
British War and Victory Medals (240090 Pte. F. Haysham. Som. L.I.) polished, otherwise fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (113121 Sjt. A. J. Hearsy. M.G.C.) official correction to last letter of surname, nearly very fine (7) £80-£100

James Henry ‘Harry’ Gulliford, was born in Edithmead, Burnham, Somerset, in 1897. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry in August 1914, for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with 1st Battalion from 7 April 1915. He was killed in action as a result of shellfire on 21 October 1916, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Sold together with a Somerset Light Infantry cap badge and copied research.