Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Captain W. Walbeoffe-Wilson, Monmouthshire Regiment, killed in action, 2 August 1918

1914-15 Star (Capt., Mon. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt.) good very fine (2) £100-140

Captain William Walbeoffe-Wilson, 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment, was killed in action on 2 August 1918, aged 33 years. Having only just joined the battalion on 26 July 1918, he was shot through the head as he peered over the parapet. He was buried in the Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery, Belgium. He was the son of Major William Henry Herbert Walbeoffe-Wilson, R.M.E.M., J.P. of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, and Emily Walbeoff-Wilson, of Les Oliviers, Cap D’Antibes, France. With copied research.