Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance-Corporal J. Wilson, Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 August 1915

1914 Star (7168 L. Cpl. J. Wilson. 2/Durh: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7168 Pte. J. Wilson. Durh. L.I.) good very fine (3) £140-£180

John Wilson attested for the Durham Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 September 1914. He was killed in action on 9 August 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, France.