Three: Private W. Price, Royal Welsh Fusiliers

1914 Star (9447 Pte W. Price. 2/R. W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9447 Pte W. Price. 2/R. W. Fus.) very fine (3) £60-80

William Price was born in 1899 in Church Stretton, Shropshire, the son of Elizabeth Blakeway, of Condover, Salop. A farm labourer, he enlisted on 13 May 1907 in Wrexham, aged 18, and served in Burma and India prior to the Great War where he served on the Western Front as a machine gunner with ‘A’ Company, 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers from 10 August 1914. On 20 September 1915, William was gassed at Loos, sustained an injury to his ribs on 2 October 1915, and having reported to 6th Casualty Clearing Station, he was invalided home on 9 October 1915. He was discharged on 1 August 1916 on account of exposure to gas impairing his eyesight and awarded the Silver War Badge.