Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Acting Sergeant W. Hefferon, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed on 30 December 1917 when H.M.T. Aragon was torpedoed and sunk off Alexandria, Egypt

1914 Star, with clasp (40401 Bmbr: W. Hefferon. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (40401 A-Sjt. W. Hefferon. R.A.) good very fine (3) £120-£160

William Hefferon, from Fulham, London, attested into the Royal Field Artillery and served during the Great War on the Western Front with 40th Brigade, R.F.A. from 19 August 1914. Appointed Acting Sergeant, he was killed on 30 December 1917 on H.M.T. Aragon when she was torpedoed and sunk by UC-34 off Alexandria, Egypt, with the loss of 610 lives. He is commemorated on the Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt.