Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private B. R. Bland, West Yorkshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (78091 Pte. B. R. Bland. W. York. R.) very fine

Pair: Private R. Lee, Yorkshire Regiment, later Royal Engineers
British War and Victory Medals (242767 Pte. R. Lee. York. R.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private E. Wheeler, Worcester Regiment, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (202451 Pte. E. Wheeler. Worc. R.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private J. Emerton, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (121343 Pte. J. Emerton. Notts. & Derby. R.) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (8) £100-£140

Basil Raymond Bland, a surgical instrument salesman, was born around 1899 and enlisted in the 3rd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment on 9 May 1916. Posted to France with the 1st Battalion from 22 October 1918, he transferred to the 1/6th Battalion on 29 November 1918 and returned home to 177, King James Street, Sheffield, in February 1919.

Richard Lee was born at Ford, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, around 1881, and enlisted in the 2/5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment on 9 December 1915. Posted overseas from 22 September 1916, the recipient’s Army Service Record states that he suffered from a hernia and dental decay; transferred to No. 1 Detachment, 1503 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers, he qualified as a skilled carpenter on 25 October 1918 and was demobilised on 9 May 1919.
Sold with three postcard photographs of the recipient in military uniform.