Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance-Corporal B. F. Darkins, 15th (The King’s) Hussars, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 28 November 1917

1914-15 Star (11227 Pte. B. F. Darkins. 15th. Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (11227 Pte. B. F. Darkins. 15- Hrs.); Memorial Plaque (Bert Frederick Darkins) all housed in a contemporary case by Walter Jones, Sloane Street, extremely fine (4) £160-£200

Bert Frederick Darkins was born in Stoke Ferry, Norfolk. He served during the Great War with the 15th Hussars in the French theatre of war from 8 June 1916. Darkins advanced to Lance-Corporal, and died of wounds on the Western Front, 28 November 1917.

Lance-Corporal Darkins is buried in the Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France.