The collection of medals to the 41st and 69th Regiments of Foot (The Welch Regiment) formed by the late colonel Dudley Thornton, CBE

Three: Captain Gordon Williams, 8th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment

1914-15 Star (Capt. G. Williams, Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals, with oak leaf M.I.D. emblem (Capt. G. Williams) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Gordon Williams) and cap badge, extremely fine (5) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The collection of medals to the 41st and 69th Regiments of Foot (The Welch Regiment) formed by the late colonel Dudley Thornton, CBE.

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Captain Gordon Williams, 8th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment, died on 15 November 1918, and is buried in Lubumbashi Cemetery, Democratic Republic of Congo, one of only two Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war in that cemetery. Mention in despatches not confirmed.