Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private R. Williams, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the second day of the German Spring Offensive on 22 April 1918
British War and Victory Medals (61038 Pte. R. Williams. R.W. Fus.) good very fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant I. M. T. Wilson, Gloucestershire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. I. M. T. Wilson.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private F. E. Burgess, Manchester Regiment, later Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
British War and Victory Medals (252473 Pte. F. E. Burgess. Manch. R.) staining to obverse of VM, otherwise very fine (6) £120-£160

Robert Williams, a van driver, was born in Corwen in 1887, and spent his childhood living with his parents at 3 Corwena Terrace, Corwen, Merionethshire. He enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Wrexham and was killed in action on 22 March 1918 whilst serving with the 13th Battalion on the old Somme battlefields. He is buried at Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, France.

Ian MacLellan Turner Wilson was born in Hampstead on 18 November 1889, the son of Mr. J. Wilson of Thurlow Road, Hampstead, London. Educated at Highgate School, he is recorded in 1911 as a mercantile clerk and colonial produce broker. He later served as Cadet in the Artists Rifles Officer Training Corps and was appointed Second Lieutenant on probation in the Gloucestershire Regiment on 5 September 1916.

Frederick Ernest Burgess, a relieving officer, was born in Prescot on 12 July 1876 and lived in Clitheroe. He served in France with the 8th Battalion, Manchester Regiment from 6 March 1917, and was wounded in action on 25 July 1917; admitted to No. 2 Canadian General Hospital at Le Treport, he recovered from his injuries and joined the Royal Flying Corps on 15 February 1918 as Air Mechanic 3rd Class (Clerk). He was subsequently discharged from the Royal Air Force on 22 July 1918 and issued a Silver War Badge.

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