Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star (Lieut: C. R. Shannon. R.E.) good very fine £120-£160

Cyril Richmond Shannon served during the Great War with the Royal Engineers in the French theatre of war from November 1914. He advanced to Captain, and was killed in action whilst serving with the 101st Field Company on the Western Front, 4 October 1915. Captain Shannon is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.