Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (2) (Herbert Arthur Mottram; Donald Osborne Mitchell) both with Buckingham Palace enclosures, both in card envelopes of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£120

Herbert Arthur Mottram was born in West Melton, Yorkshire, and attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment at Barnsley. He transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment, and served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He died on 11 January 1917, and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

Donald Osborne Mitchell was born in Plymouth and attested for the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) at Dublin. He served as a Lance-Corporal with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 May 1915, and was killed in action on 27 June 1915. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.