Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (2) both named (Robert Cyril Walker Macpherson) the first named over two lines, the second over three, small collector’s number to reverse of both, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£120

Robert Cyril Walker Macpherson was born at Barrow-in-Furness and attested for the Royal Fusiliers at Preston. He served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 24 April 1917. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Note: Both the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour and Soldiers Died gives his third Christian name as Walter.