Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (2) (Charles Joseph Lawrence; John McWilliam Lees) second in card envelope of issue, very fine (2) £80-£100

Charles Joseph Lawrence was born in Montreal, Canada and attested at Stratford, London, into the Norfolk Regiment for service during the Great War and served with the 7th Battalion on the Western Front from 20 May 1915. He later transferred into the North Staffordshire Regiment and was killed in action whilst serving with the 1/6th Battalion on 27 August 1918. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.
Sold together with an original photograph of a North Staffordshire Regiment soldier with a Royal Navy Seaman, and another of the same Seaman signed ‘Jim’.

John McWilliam Lees was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne where he attested into the East Yorkshire Regiment for service during the Great War. He died on 29 October 1918 whilst serving with the 7th Battalion and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.