Pair: Private W. J. Barr, Machine Gun Corps, killed in action on the Western Front, 2 September 1918

British War and Victory Medals (42196 Pte. W J. Barr. M.G.C.); Memorial Plaque (William Jack Barr), mounted in a glazed display frame together with the related miniature awards, including a miniature Memorial Plaque, and a Machine Gun Corps cap badge, extremely fine (3) £160-200

William Jack Barr was born in Hammersmith, Middlesex, and attested for the London Regiment at Ealing, Middlesex. He served during the Great War with the Machine Gun Corps, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 September 1918. He is buried in Bancourt British Cemetery, France.

Sold together with named card box of issue for the British War and Victory Medals, and card envelope, Buckingham Palace enclosure, and outer addressed envelope for the Memorial Plaque, the latter addressed to ‘Mr. William Barr, 23 Craven Avenue, Ealing, London, W.’