Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (2) (Levi Underwood; Frederick Douglas Wood) some verdigris, very fine (2) £80-£100

Levi Underwood attested at Woking, Surrey, for the Middlesex Regiment for service during the Great War. Transferring into the Lancashire Fusiliers, he saw service on the Western Front and was killed in action on 1 December 1917 whilst serving with the 10th Battalion. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Frederick Douglas Wood was born in Chapeltown, Yorkshire and attested for the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front with the 10th Battalion and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 29 July 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.