Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal S. V. Franklin, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, later 12th and 8th Battalions, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 April 1918

1914 Star (7725 Pte. S. V. Franklin. 1/ Glouc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7725 Cpl. S. W. Franklin. Glouc. R.) very fine (3) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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Stephen Victor Franklin was born in Gloucester and attested for the Gloucester Regiment at Bristol, serving with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He was subsequently posted to the 12th (Service) and 8th (Service) Battalions with which latter battalion he was killed in action on 15 April 1918 at a time when the battalion was engaged in the Battle of Bailleul during the Battle of the Lys. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.