Orders, Decorations and Medals

1914-15 Stars (5), (10492 Pte. E. A. Colclough, R. Fus.); (E-1344 Cpl. J. Slack, R. Fus.); (856 Pte. H. D. Reeves, R. Fus.); (2471 Pte. F. A. Robins, R. Fus.); (15137 Pte. J. T. Harrison, R. Fus.) generally good very fine (5) £40-50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop.

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Ernest Albert Colclough was wounded in action at the Battle of Delville Wood, being invalided to England as a result on 26 August 1916. He subsequently returned to France and Flanders, where he was killed in action on 27 September 1917. His name is not recorded in Soldiers Died in The Great War, or by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, however the medal rolls at the PRO state that he was killed on this date.
Joseph Slack was killed in action in France and Flanders on 27 July 1916, in the Battle of Delville Wood.
Harry David Reeves died at home on 3 July 1918.
Francis Archibald Robinson died of wounds in France and Flanders on 29 July 1916.
James T. Harrison served with the 25th (Frontiersman) Battalion in Mombassa.