Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sapper A. Sutherland, 179th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, killed in action on the Western Front, on 11 August 1917

1914-15 Star (132782. Spr. A. Sutherland, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (132782 Spr. A. Sutherland. R.E.) very fine (3) £60-80

Alexander Sutherland was born in South Ronaldshay, Orkney Isles, and attested for the Royal Engineers at Edinburgh. He served with the 179th Tunnelling Company during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 11 August 1917. He is buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery, Belgium.