A Collection of Medals for the Gallipoli Campaign

Three: Private J. W. Banner, Royal Fusiliers, who was severely wounded in action at Gallipoli in June 1915

1914-15 Star (9214 Pte. J. Banner. R.Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (GS-9214 Pte. J. W. Banner. R.Fus.) the BWM abrasively cleaned, nearly very fine and better (3) £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Gallipoli Campaign.

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John William Banner was born in 1895 and lived at 32 Bucknall New Road, Hanley, Stoke on Trent. He attested for the Royal Fusiliers on 10 November 1914 and was initially appointed to the 5th Battalion as Private. Transferred to the 2nd Battalion on 23 May 1915, he disembarked at Gallipoli on 9 June 1915 and is recorded as suffering a severe gunshot wound to the face and neck shortly thereafter. Evacuated from the Peninsula on 3 July 1915 per H.S. Nile to Mansoura Hospital in Egypt, Banner’s Army Service Record later states: ‘discharged unfit through wounds received on active service 26.11.15.’