The Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals formed by the late Fred Rockwood

Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (John William Sunter); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (622664 Pte. R. J. A. Constable); Silver War Badge 1914-18 (2) (B340014; C31866); Ceylon Volunteers Service Medal (William Misso) bronze, unmounted; Gallipoli Star, unofficial; Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed, last with contact marks and edge bruising, fine; others good very fine and better (7) £160-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals formed by the late Fred Rockwood.

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Two men with the name ‘John William Sunter’ on the C.W.G.C. list - one to a Gunner in the R.A. and another to a Private in the Yorkshire Regiment.

62264 Private Richard John Alfred Constable, 5th, late 44th Battalion Canadian Infantry, was reported missing, later deemed killed in action, 27 September 1916. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.