Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Private F. J. Charles, South Staffordshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (48402 Pte. F. J. Charles. S. Staffs. R.) stain to VM, very fine

Private J. E. Charles, Hampshire Regiment, late Devonshire Regiment, who was killed in action in Palestine on 15 July 1917
1914-15 Star (19585 Pte. J. E. Charles. Devon R.) very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (Bearer Khan Zaman, 1-8 Grks.; Syce Gul Zaman, 1-8 Grks.) very fine £60-£80

Joseph E. Charles attested into the Devon Regiment for service during the Great War. He served in Egypt from 16 October 1915, before transferring into the Hampshire Regiment. He was killed in action whilst serving with the 1/8th Battalion on 15 July 1917 and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.

Sold with copied research and two contemporary photographs believed to be of the Charles’ brothers.