Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private D. Waiting, 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, Killed in Action on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme

British War and Victory Medals (17648 Pte., E. York. R.) extremely fine (2) £200-250

David Waiting, was born in and enlisted at Crook, Co. Durham. Serving in the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, he was killed in action on the the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. The Battalion suffered 114 officers and soldiers killed on the first day of the battle.