Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:
Three: Sergeant W. E. Harrop, Grenadier Guards, died of wounds 31 July 1917
1914-15 Star (17118 Pte W. Harrop. G. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (17118 Sjt. W. Harrop. G. Gds) good very fine

Pair: Private J. Harrop, Royal Army Medical Corps
British War and Victory Medals (125514 Pte. J. Harrop. R.A.M.C.) good very fine (5) £80-120

William E. Harrop was born at Bestwood, Nottinghamshire, in 1895, the son of Police Constable James Harrop, and attested for the Grenadier Guards at Nottingham. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 January 1915, and died of wounds on 31 July 1917. He is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.


Joseph Harrop was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, on 6 December 1876, and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps on 8 December 1915. Immediately posted to the Army Reserve, he was mobilised on 4 September 1917 and was posted to No. 49 General Hospital in Salonika on 6 February 1918. He was discharged to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 30 June 1919.