Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (George Davey Howells) in circular wooden frame, good very fine £70-£90

George Davey Howells, a native of Newport, Monmouthshire, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Monmouthshire Regiment, from the Artists Rifles O.T.C., on 5 September 1916, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 28 February 1918, whilst attached to the 15th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, and is buried in Cement House Cemetery, Belgium.

Howells is additionally commemorated in his parish church with a memorial window, the tablet below inscribed ‘In loving memory of George Davey Howells. 2nd. Lieut. 1st. Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. attached 15th. Battn. Cheshire Regt. Killed in Action near Ypres whilst in charge of a raid 28th. February 1918. Aged 22 Years. The Window above and this Tablet were erected by his Parents.’

Sold together with a photograph of the above-mentioned Memorial Tablet, this mounted in a glazed display frame.