Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (3) (Edward James Craddock; Leonard Town; Thomas Barton Gibson) first in card envelope, good very fine (3) £120-£160

Edward James Craddock attested for the Royal Fusiliers and served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 July 1915. He died of wounds just three months later on 16 October 1915 and is buried in the Lillers Communal Cemetery, France.

Leonard Town, a native of Worthing, Sussex, attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment before transferring to the Middlesex Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion of the latter unit during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 31 July 1917 and is buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.

Thomas Barton Gibson, a native of Hastings, Sussex, attested for the Middlesex Regiment and served with the 16th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 November 1915. He died of wounds on 19 July 1917 and is buried in Canada Farm Cemetery, France.