Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (18285 Pte. L. James. G. Gds.; 9753 Pte. A. R. Johnson. S. Gds; 4145 Cpl. M. J. Farrell. Ir. Gds.) very fine (3) £100-£140

Leonard James, of Warrington, Cheshire, served with the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 March 1915. He died of wounds exactly three months later on 16 June 1915; the Grenadiers having been involved in heavy fighting along the Western Front during the spring of that year including at the Second battle of Ypres. He is buried at the the Lillers Communal Cemetery, France.

Alfred Richard Johnson, of Bow, London, served with the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 February 1915. He died on 28 March 1915 and is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery, France.

Michael Farrell was born in Athy, County Kildare, and served with the Reserve Battalion of the Irish Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 May 1915. He died at home in Monasterevin on 18 May 1917 and is buried in Ballybracken Graveyard.