Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to include a Fine Collection of Napoleonic Medals

1914-15 Star (4) (G-4701 Pte. P. J. Russell, R. Suss. R.; 22024 Pte. A. Evans, Durh. L.I.; 8072 Pte. T. Dean, N. Staff. R.; 1745 Pte. W. Denham, Durh. L.I.), this last with white metal Coronation 1902 commemoratives (4), and a family War Medal 1939-45 in its card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. W. Denham’ of Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham ; British War Medal 1914-20 (L-36540 Gnr. S. J. Grange, R.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (M2-183045 Pte. B. G. Randlesome, A.S.C.; T2-14120 Dvr. W. Poole, A.S.C.); Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (William Bee); and British War and Victory Medals (215595 Gnr. J. Unsworth, R.A.), generally very fine or better (15) £100-150

Philip James Wensley Russell was killed in action on the first day of the battle of Loos on 25 April 1915, while serving in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. He was 20 years of age, the son of Laurence and Winifred Russell of ‘Ecclesfield’, Ashford, Middlesex, and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

William Denham was killed in action in Flanders on 26 April 1915, while serving in the 1/6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Three men with the name ‘William Bee’ are listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register, including a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery who died on 24 September 1917.