Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private J. Morris, Monmouthshire Regiment, who was killed in action in France in July 1944

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, together with original Army Council condolence slip, extremely fine (4) £140-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Monmouthshire Regiment formed by Lt. Col. P. A. Blagojevic, O. St. J., T.D..

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Joseph Morris was killed in action at Tourville on 17 July 1944, while serving in the 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment. Aged 19 years, he was buried in the Bayeux War Cemetery, France; sold with a recent photograph of his gravestone and full details of this action from the regimental history.