Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Private E. Terry, East Lancashire Regiment
1914 Star (7789 Pte. E. Terry. 1/E. Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7789 Pte. E. Terry. E. Lanc. R.) some staining, very fine

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14447302 Pte. F. Terry. Oxf & Bucks.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine (4) £180-£220

Edward Terry attested into the East Lancashire Regiment and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August 1914. He saw further service with both the 2nd and 7th Battalions before transferring to the 8th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment.

Francis Terry was born on 4 August 1926. He attested into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served in Palestine during the 1945-48 campaign. He died in Germany on 21 February 1949, and is buried in Limmer Cemetery, Hannover, Germany, and is also commemorated on the Armed Forces Memorial, Alrewas, Staffordshire.

Sold together with an empty Great War Princess Mary Christmas Tin; original correspondence and a photograph of Francis Terry; and copy research.