Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Boughey, Durham Light Infantry

1914 Star (7384 Pte J. Boughey. 2/Durh: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7384 Pte. J. Boughey. Durh. L. I.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £80-120

James Boughey was born in Wolstanton, Tunstall, Staffordshire, in 1877 and attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment on 27 January 1898. Discharged by purchase, he re-attested for the Durham Light Infantry on 22 January 1901, and served in South Africa and India. During the Great War he served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 19 September 1914. He was severely wounded by gun-shot wound in the left shoulder in October 1914, and was invalided home on 27 October, being discharged on account of his wounds on 28 June 1915.