Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private F. Robinson, Monmouthshire Regiment, who died of wounds as a P.O.W. in Germany

British War and Victory Medals (2142 Pte., Monmouth R.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Fred Robinson), nearly extremely fine (3) £80-100

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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Fred Robinson, who was born at Brynmawr, Brecon and enlisted at Newport, was first embarked for active service with the 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, in February 1915, and was thus entitled to the 1914-15 Star. He subsequently died of wounds in Germany on 11 May 1915, aged 28 years, his remains later being re-interred in the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium.