Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private H. J. Iley, Somerset Light Infantry, who died of wounds in Egypt on 3 October 1917
British War and Victory Medals (3203672 Pte. H. J. Iley. Som. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private J. A. Lacey, Somerset Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (232587 Pte. J. A. Lacey. Som. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private C. Smith, Somerset Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (4237 Pte. C. Smith. Som. L.I.) very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (25918 Pte G. G. Hooper. Som. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (63493 Pte. W. Williams. Durh. L.I.) nearly very fine (8) £80-£100

Hubert John Iley, a baker from Bridgwater, Somerset, was born in 1891. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served in Egypt with the 1/5th Battalion. He died of wounds on 3 October 1917 and is buried in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

Joseph Lacey was born in Bristol in 1900. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 11 September 1918. He received gun shot wounds to his left arm and right thigh, and was subsequently returned Home on 28 October 1918.

George Good Hooper, a painter from Berhill, Ascott, Somerset, was born in September 1889. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 7th Battalion. He was killed in action during the Battle of Cambrai on 30 November 1917 and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, France.

Sold together with a Somerset Light Infantry cap badge and shoulder title, and copied research.