A Collection of Medals to the Guards Machine Gun Regiment

Pair: Private J. W. James, Grenadier Guards and Guards Machine Gun Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 September 1918

British War and Victory Medals (22603 Pte. J. W. James. G. Gds.) extremely fine (2) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Guards Machine Gun Regiment.

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Joseph William James was born in Chaddesden, Derby, and attested for the Grenadier Guards at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, before transferring to the 4th Company, Machine Gun Guards, and then to the 4th Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, and was killed in action on 27 September 1918. He is buried in Hermies Hill British Cemetery, France.