Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private P. Martin, Yorkshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (9015 Pte. P. Martin. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9015 Pte. P. Martin. York. R.) very fine

Pair: Private F. V. Jackson, Royal West Surrey Regiment, killed in action 18 November 1916
British War and Victory Medals (G-13631 Pte. F. V. Jackson. The Queen’s R.) together with a School Board for London Queen Victoria Medal with bar ‘1896’, the reverse engraved ‘F. Jackson’, nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private F. Watson, West Yorkshire Regiment and Labour Corps
British War and Victory Medals (235047 Pte. F. Watson. W. York. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private R. Cook, Worcestershire Regiment, died 3 November 1919
British War and Victory Medals (30816 Pte. R. Cook. Worc. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private W. V. Mumford, 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (534848 Pte. W. V. Mumford. 15-Lond. R.) good very fine (12) £140-180

Patrick Martin attested for the Yorkshire Regiment and served during the Great War with the 9th (Service) Battalion on the Western Front from 26 September 1915, later transferring to the Railway Operating Department, Royal Engineers.


Frederick Victor Jackson was born at Barton Hartshorn, Buckinghamshire, in 1888, and attested for the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) at Hounslow, Middlesex. He served with the 7th (Service) Battalion during the Great War, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 November 1916. He is buried in Grandcourt Road Cemetery, France.


Fred Watson attested for the 5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment on 6 June 1916 and was discharged due to sickness from the Labour Corps on 22 February 1918, being awarded a Silver War Badge.


Ralph Cook was born in Hampton, Worcestershire, in 1884, and served during the Great War with ‘B’ Company, 9th (Service) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. He died of Malaria at Devonport on 3 November 1919, and is buried in Hampton (St Andrew) Churchyard.


Wilfred Valentine Mumford was born in Cardiff in 1899 and served during the Great War with the 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment.