Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (L-12954 Sjt. F. Adcock. R. Fus.; 25718 Pte. R. Cook. R. Fus.: GS-34602 Pte. C. W. Pipe. R. Fus; GS-32654 Pte. W. F. Reading. R. Fus.) generally very fine (4) £50-£70

Frederick Adcock served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 January 1915. He later transferred to the 8th Battalion and was discharged on 18 April 1919.

William Frederick Reading, of Lambeth, was serving with the 11th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, when he was killed in action on the Somme on 15 November 1916. He is buried in Courcelette British Cemetery, France.

Private Claude William Pipe, of Dennington, Suffolk, was serving with the 32nd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, when he was killed in action on the Somme on 10 October 1916. He is one of 15 British soldiers killed in 1916 to be buried in the A.I.F Burial Ground, Flers, France.