Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Donald Farquharson-Roberts) extremely fine £100-140

Captain Donald Farquharson-Roberts, M.C., 4th Bn. attached 7th Bn. East Surrey Regiment, was killed in action on 20 November 1917, and is commemorated by name on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.

He was killed at approximately 7am on 20 November 1917, the opening day of the battle of Cambrai, on the outskirts of Gonnelieu, whilst advancing along the Gouzeaucourt-Binavis Road in command of “B” Company, 7th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. His award of the Military Cross appeared in the London Gazette of 1 January 1918, ‘For good and meritorious service from Feb to Sep 1917.’