Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private T. H. Winyard, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 1 December 1917

British War and Victory Medals (17949. Pte. T. H. Winyard. N.Z.E.F.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Harry Winyard) housed in a slightly distressed glazed display frame, extremely fine (3) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family.

Thomas Harry Winyard was born in Ilford, Essex, on 26 November 1892 and having emigrated to New Zealand attested for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 25 June 1914. He served overseas with the 2nd Battalion, Auckland Regiment during the Great War from 16 October 1916, and was killed in action on the Western Front from 1 December 1917. He is buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.

Sold with copied research.