Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. H. Ford, Grenadier Guards, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 May 1915

1914-15 Star (20078 Pte W. H. Ford. G. Gds); British War Medal 1914-20 (20078 Pte W. H. Ford. G. Gds); Memorial Plaque (William Henry Ford) suspension partially broken on BWM, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £60-£80

William Henry Ford was born in Magor, Wales. He attested for the Grenadier Guards and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 March 1915. He was killed in action on 15 May 1915 during the battalion’s operations in the trenches north of Festubert. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.