Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Shiels, Gordon Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 14 November 1916

1914-15 Star (S-9439. Pte. J. Shiels, Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-9439 Pte. J. Shiels. Gordons.); Memorial Plaque (James Shiels) nearly extremely fine (4) £160-£200

James Shiels was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and attested for the Gordon Highlanders in Glasgow. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 July 1915, and was killed in action on the Somme on 14 November 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on ‘Station Road’, the sunken roadway running between Beaumont Hamel and Beaucourt Station, where they suffered over 300 casualties. Shiels has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Sold with copied research.