Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A rare Great War casualty pair awarded to Forewoman Edith H. Routledge, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, who died on 5 March 1919

British War and Victory Medals with copy M.I.D. oak leaves (1585 Fwn. E. H. Routledge. Q.M.A.A.C.) extremely fine (2) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Norman Gooding Collection.

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M.I.D. London Gazette 10 July 1919.

Edith Honora ‘Nora’ Routledge was born at Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, in 1889. A telephone operator, she worked in the Head Post Office in Liverpool before volunteering for Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps in July 1917. Sent to France, she contracted influenza in the winter of 1918-19 and died of pneumonia at No. 24 General Hospital in Etaples. Buried in Étaples Military Cemetery, she was later posthumously Mentioned in Despatches.