Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Private W. Wise, 20th Battalion London Regiment, died of wounds, 26 March 1919

1914-15 Star (3395 Pte., 20-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3395 Pte., 20-Lond. R.) good very fine (5) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment.

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William Wise lived in Catford and enlisted at Blackheath. Serving with the 20th Battalion London Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 9 October 1915. Serving with them, he died of wounds on 26 March 1919. He was buried in the Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension. Sold with ‘National Reserve London’ enamelled lapel badge, 20th London Regiment sweetheart brooch, silver and enamel, and copied research.