Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal W. Bowes, 3rd Battalion, Connaught Rangers

1914 Star (3828 Cpl. W. Bowes. 3/Conn: Rang.); British War and Victory Medals (3828 Cpl. W. Bowes. Conn. Rang.) nearly very fine (3) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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Approximately 528 1914 Stars awarded to the 3rd Battalion, Connaught Rangers.

William Bowes was born in November 1888 and attested for the Connaught Rangers on 21 November 1910, serving with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 September 1914. He was discharged due to sickness on 24 December 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. B83694.