Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private E. A. Le Blanq, Royal Sussex Regiment, a native of Jersey who was killed in action on 17 October 1916

1914-15 Star (4-2088 Pte., R. Suss. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2088 Pte., R. Suss. R.); together with a renamed British War Medal to the same recipient, good very fine (3) £60-80

Edgar Arthur Le Blanq was born at St Saviour’s, Jersey and enlisted at Worthing. He was killed in action in France and Flanders on 17 October 1916 whilst serving with the 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.