Pair: Private E. T. Moignard, London Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (5382 Pte. E. T. Moignard, 23-Lond. R.), together with a locket with photographic portraits of the recipient and his son, and an old family photograph taken on the eve of his departure on military service, good very fine (3) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Awards to Channel Islanders.

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Edward Thomas Moignard was born in St. Helier, Jersey, in May 1870, the son of Jean and Sarah Moignard of 11 Halkett Street. He subsequently witnessed active service out in France and Flanders with the 23rd Battalion, London Regiment, his MIC entry revealing that he also applied for the Territorial Force War Medal in September 1923, though there are no annotations to suggest his application was successful. Be that as it may, he was still living in St. Helier at the time of the German occupation in 1940, when he was resident at 6 Hampshire Gardens, Aquila Street, with his wife and two sons, Eric and Edward - a copy of his German I.D. card and photograph is available from the Jersey Heritage Trust Archives; sold with copied research.