Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (3) (Robert Wheeler Marshall; Ernest Dunnett; William John Moss) two very small holes to the first, traces of verdigris, the second fair, otherwise generally very fine (3) £80-£100

Robert Wheeler Marshall attested at Portreath, Cornwall into the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry for service during the Great War. Appointed Sergeant, he was killed in action on 7 June 1917 and is buried Orchard Dump Cemeterey, Arleux-En-Gohelle, France.

Ernest Dunnett was born in Holbrook, Suffolk and attested at Ipswich, into the Suffolk Regiment during the Great War. He served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 18 May 1915 and was killed in action just a week later on 25 May 1915. He has no known grave as is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Several men with the name William John Moss appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.