Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (John Widgery) some bubbling due to possible fire damage, otherwise very fine £50-£70

John Widgery was born in Westminster, London, and resided in Finchley, Middlesex. He attested for the 9th (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment in Oxford Street, Westminster, London, for service during the Great War and later transferred to the 2/23rd(County of London) Battalion, London Regiment, with whom he served in the Mediterranean theatre. He died of wounds during the capture of Jericho, on 22 February 1918, and is buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.