Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private C. R. Wilson, 1/2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 23 October 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (267569 Pte. C. R. Wilson. 1/2 Mon: R. - T. F.) partially officially renamed; British War and Victory Medals (15665 Pte. G. R. Wilson. Monmouth. R.) mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 28 July 1917.

Charles Robert Wilson was born in Brecon, Wales, and served during the Great War with the 1/2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment on the Western Front. He died of wounds on the Western Front, 23 October 1917, and is buried in the Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Westvleteren, Belgium.