Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. Lockhead, Wiltshire Regiment, who died in Mesopotamia on 6 July 1916
1914-15 Star (2857-T Pte. A. Lockhead. Wilts. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2857 Pte. A. Lockhead. Wilts. R.); together with the recipient’s father’s International Order of Good Templars Medal, small gold (9ct.) shield, reverse inscribed ‘Forty Four Years Membership completed by Andrew Lockhead 1914’ with top suspension bar inscribed ‘Presented by Wilts District Lodge 23rd February 1914’ good very fine

Pair: Acting Colour Sergeant E. H. Upson, Essex Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (2781 A.C. Sjt. E. H. Upson. Essex. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private J. Butler, Somerset Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (241582 Pte. J. Butler. Som. L.I.) heavy edge bruising and contact marks, good fine

Pair: Private F. J. Hagley, Somerset Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (21740 Pte. F. J. Hagley. Som. L.I.) in damaged card box of issue, with outer transmittal envelope addressed to ‘Mr. F. J. Hagley Downhead, Shepton Mallett. Som.’; together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘172246’, attempted erasure of number on SWB, otherwise extremely fine

Pair: Private J. Snell, Somerset Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (26075 Pte. J. Snell. Som. L.I.) good very fine

Pair: Private A. Spurling, Bedfordshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (33279 Pte. A. Spurling. Bedf. R.) in card boxes of issue with outer transmittal envelope named to ‘Mr. A. Spurling, Bell Hill, ...’, good very fine (13) £180-£220

Andrew Lockhead was born in Glasgow, and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment at Melksham, Wiltshire. He served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War in the Asiatic theatre of War from 25 August 1914, and died in Mesopotamia on 6 July 1916.