Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. Downing, South Lancashire Regiment, who was drowned whilst a Prisoner of War on 25 July 1916

1914 Star (7849 Pte. J. H. Downing. 2/S. Lan: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (7849 Pte. J. Downing. S. Lan. R.); Memorial Plaque (John Henry Downing) the plaque polished, nearly extremely fine (3) £160-£200

John Henry Downing attested for the South Lancashire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1915. A printed silk memorial ribbon (included with the lot ands featuring a photograph of the recipient) states that he drowned whilst on active service on 25 July 1916; his Medal Index Card states that he drowned whilst a Prisoner of War between 16 and 25 July 1916. He is buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Germany.