Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Gunner R. Doel, Royal Garrison Artillery, who died of disease on the Western Front on 5 April 1915

1914 Star (146 Gnr: R. Doel. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (SR-146 Gnr. R. Doel. R.A.); Memorial Plaque (Richard Doel) the plaque pierced at 12 o’clock, nearly extremely fine (4) £120-£160

Richard Doel was born in Plymouth in 1876 and served on the Western Front with No. 109 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, from 22 September 1914. Transferred to the Lahore Divisional Ammunition Column, he suffered a bout of enteric fever and died on 5 April 1915. He is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.