Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (Capt. W. B. J. Reid; 2. Lieut. F. A. J. Ellicott.; 18303 Pte. J. Storrie. R.S. Fus.; S-11039 Pte F. Barton Sea. Highers.) generally very fine (4) £70-£90

William Bacon Johnston Reid was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Seaforth Highlanders in March 1901, and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, being entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, and South Africa 1902. He served with the 3rd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders during the Great War, and died of wounds on 20 May 1915, whilst attached to the Gordon Highlanders. He is buried in Orwell Parish Churchyard.

Frederick Arthur John Ellicott, the son of His Honour Judge A. B. Ellicott, of Bournemouth, Hampshire, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 August 1915. He was killed in action on the Somme on 9 July 1916, and is buried in the Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France.

John Storrie, of Glasgow, attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 July 1915. He died of wounds at home on 26 June 1917, and is buried in St Kentigern’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Glasgow.

Frederick Barton, of Blackburn, Lancashire, attested for the Seaforth Highlanders and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia. He was killed in action at the battle at Sannaiyat, as part of the attempt to relieve the besieged town of Kut, on 22 April 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
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