Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant J. F. Richards, 254th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers

1914-15 Star (2. Lieut: J. F. Richards. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. F. Richards.) good very fine (3) £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward De Santis.

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James Foster Richards was born in Illogan, Cornwall, on 1 April 1887 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 16 October 1915. He served with the 254th Tunnelling Company during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 2 November 1915, and subsequently on the Western Front; during the War the 254th Tunnelling Company suffered 4 officers and 80 other ranks killed/ died of wounds, and for his great gallantry Sapper William Hackett was awarded the Victoria Cross.