Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Brian Charlton) good very fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Old Collection of Medals Relating to The Great War.

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Private Brian Charlton, Middlesex Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 17 November 1915. Later commissioned, he served in the 82nd Squadron Royal Air Force and the Tank Corps. He was killed in action on 27 October 1918, aged 21 years and was buried in the Kezelberg Military Cemetery, Wevelgem, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Lieutenant Charlton was the son of Alice Amy Dodd (formerly Charlton), of ‘St. Eloi’, 27 Glencairn Road, Streatham, London and husband of Doris Mabel Charlton. With copied service and casualty details.