Four: Serjeant W. H. McLaren, York and Lancaster Regiment

British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (209617 Sjt., Y. & L. R.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918; Yorkshire Field Firing Competition Star, silver, inscribed on reverse, ‘Pvte. W. H. McLaren, 3 V.B.W.R.R., 1900’, last with some contact marks, very fine and better (4) £100-140

M.I.D. London Gazette 9 July 1919 (Haig’s despatch of 16 March 1919).

Sergeant William Henry McLaren served in the 18th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. Mentioned in despatches, quite possibly for the battle of Courtrai, October 1918. McLaren was disembodied on 9 March 1919. With copied m.i.c., medal roll, gazette extract and other research. Croix de Guerre not confirmed.