Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant W. Albert, Royal Lancaster Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 14 October 1914

British War and Victory Medals (8820 A-Sjt. W. Albert. R. Lanc. R.) in named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (William Albert) in card envelope issue; together with the recipient’s aluminium identity disc, good very fine (3) £80-£120

William Albert was born in Preston, Lancashire, and attested for the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914, and died of wounds on 14 October 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.