Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private T. Maskell, South Lancashire Regiment, who was wounded on the Western Front
1914-15 Star (3305 Pte. T. Maskell. S. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2305 Pte. T. Maskell. S. Lan. R.) good very fine

Pair: Lieutenant G. Shearer, Liverpool Regiment, late Seaforth Highlanders
British War and Victory Medals (6297 Pte. G. Shearer. Seaforth.) very fine

Pair: Private J. R. Hudson, South Lancashire Regiment, who was wounded by gas on the Western Front on 13 July 1917
British War and Victory Medals (242623. Pte. J. R. Hudson. S. Lan. R.) very fine (7) £100-£140

Thomas Maskell was born in Warrington, Lancashire, in 1890, and attested there for the South Lancashire Regiment (Territorial Force) on 31 August 1914. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 February 1915, and is reported to have been wounded in the head and hand. He was discharged on 11 March 1919.

George Shearer was born 17 March 1883, and attested for the Seaforth Highlanders (Territorial Force) at Edinburgh on 24 November 1915. Mobilised on 4 June 1916, he served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 October 1916. Returning to the U.K., he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment on 31 July 1917, but suffering from rheumatism was unfit to proceed to the Western Front. Promoted Lieutenant on 1 February 1919, he was discharged on account of his disability on 4 April 1919, retaining the rank of Lieutenant, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

John Richard Hudson was born in Tylwch Llandidloes, Montgomeryshire, on 4 October 1898, and attested for the South Lancashire Regiment at St. Helens, Lancashire, on 12 October 1916. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 May 1917, and was wounded by the effects of gas on 13 July 1917. Evacuated to the U.K., he was discharged on 15 April 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

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