Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army Temperance Association India Three Year Medal, silver, unnamed; Army Temperance Association Queen Victoria Commemorative Medal, silver, unnamed; a cast Army Temperance Association King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Cross, original naming details on the reverse obscured in the casting process; together with a pre-1901 K.O.Y.L.I. glengarry badge; two K.O.Y.L.I. sweetheart brooches; five 51st Foot/ K.O.Y.L.I. buttons; two items of cloth insignia; and a privately produced identity bracelet, inscribed ‘A. E. Middleton, 2218 K.O.Y.L.I.’, generally very fine (lot) £40-£50

Albert E. Middleton attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 December 1914. He later transferred to the Royal Defence Corps.