Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (8) (1281 Pte. I. Bartlett. N. Som. Yeo.; 7624 Pte. J. Cross. Som. L.I.; 2439 Pte. A. Hill. Som. L.I.; 1307 Pte. W. Nigh. Som. L.I.; 26885 Pte. O. M. Parsons. Som. L.I.; 26886 Pte. R. A. Vearncombe. Som. L.I.; 34971 Pte. W. E. Wall. Som. L.I.; 7943 Pte. L. M. Wilton. Som. L.I) some contact marks and edge bruises, official correction to naming on Vearncombe medal, good very fine or better (8) £160-£200

Albert John Hill, an errand boy from Burnham, Somerset, was born in 1896. He attested into the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry and served in India during the Great War. He died of diphtheria on 16 November 1916 and is buried in Meerut Cantonment Cemetery, India.

Oliver Metford Parsons, a market garden labourer from North Petherton, Somerset, was born in 1897. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry and served on the Western Front with the 7th Battalion. He was wounded by gas during the Battle of Lens in May 1918, and returned home, where he died in hospital in Ipswich on 10 June 1918. He is buried in North Newton St. Peter) churchyard, North Petherton, Somerset.

Leonard Moore Wilton, from Exeter, Devon, was born in Liskeard, Cornwall, in 1889. He attested into the Devonshire Regiment in 1905, before transferring into the Somerset Light Infantry the following year. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion from 21 August 1914, and was reported missing, presumed dead, five days later on 28 August, during the Battle of Le Cateau. In April 1917, his identity disc was found near Cambrai. He has no known grave and is commemorated on La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.

Sold with two Somerset Light Infantry cap badges and copied research.