Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Pair: Corporal W. H. Beeks, Monmouthshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Somme in July 1916

British War and Victory Medals (1224 Cpl., Monmouth. R.), polished, about very fine

Pair: Private D. J. Beeks, Monmouthshire Regiment

Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1632 Pte., Monmouth. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1632 Pte., Monmouth. R.), surname officially corrected on the first, polished, otherwise generally very fine (4) £160-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Monmouthshire Regiment formed by Lt. Col. P. A. Blagojevic, O. St. J., T.D..

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William H. Beeks, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beeks of 68 Commercial Street, Tredegar, first entered the French theatre of war as a Private in the 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment in mid-February 1915, thereby qualifying for the 1914-15 Star. Subsequently advanced to Corporal, he died of wounds on the Somme on 17 July 1916. Aged 22 years, he was buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

David J. Beeks, his brother, appears to have ended the War as a member of the South Wales Borderers. His MIC further reveals that he was entitled to the T.E.M., in addition to his missing British War Medal 1914-20.