Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part III)

Three: Private W. A. Barber, Lancashire Fusiliers

1914 Star, with clasp (2048 Pte., 2/Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2048 Pte., Lan. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (William Andrew Barber) extremely fine (4) £350-400

William Andrew Barber was born in Deptford, Kent and enlisted at New Cross. Serving in the 2nd Battalion, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 August 1914 and was was killed in action on 3 November 1914. He was buried in the Naves Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. He was the son of Mrs Elizabeth Sarah Barber of 33 Hosier Street, Deptford, London.