Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance-Corporal R. D. Barnsley, Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (43753 Pte. R. D. Barnsley. Durh. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Reuben Daniel Barnsley) good very fine (3) £80-£120

Reuben Daniel Barnsley was born in Parkgate, Yorkshire, and attested for the Durham Light Infantry at Rotherham on 29 January 1917. He served with the 15th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 June 1918, and was killed in action on 16 August 1918, aged 19. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France.