Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant J. H. Edwards, 6th (Carnarvonshire and Anglesey) Battalion, attached 25th (Montgomeryshire and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 21 September 1918

1914-15 Star (18839 Pte. J. H. Edwards. R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. H. Edwards.) good very fine (3) £160-£200

John Henry Edwards attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 December 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 6th (Carnarvonshire and Anglesey) Battalion on 25 June 1918, and was killed in action whilst attached to the 25th (Montgomeryshire and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion on 21 September 1918. He is buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France.

Sold with copied research including copied Battalion War Diary entry for 21 September 1918.