Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Victory Medal awarded to Pioneer A. Jones, 236th Light Railway Company, Royal Engineers, late Northamptonshire Regiment, who died on 18 December 1918

Victory Medal 1914-19 (24160 Pte. A. Jones. North’n R.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur Jones); Memorial Scroll ‘Pioneer Arthur Jones, Royal Engineers’, staining to obverse of VM, this good fine; the plaque and scroll better (3) £100-£140

Arthur Jones was born in 1894 in London, the son of Frederick Jones of Homerton and husband of Lilian Jones of 649, Green Lanes, Haringay. He initially served on the Western Front with the Northamptonshire Regiment, but died post-Armistice and is buried at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery.

Sold with a named Northamptonshire Territorial Force Association Illuminated Card, commemorating the sacrifice of ‘No. 201851 Pte. A. Jones, 4th Bn. Northamptonshire Regt.’, this torn; and a contemporary photograph of the recipient in military uniform.