Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant D. L. Riddle, Royal Fusiliers, later Nigeria Regiment

1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. D. L. Riddle. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. D. L. Riddle.) very fine £80-£120

Douglas Lewis Riddle was born in Wandsworth, London, in 1892, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers on 18 December 1914. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 July 1915, and subsequently transferred to the Nigeria Regiment, with whom he was advanced Captain.