Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Private P. E. Mean, 4th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), who was killed in action on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme

1914-15 Star (3374 Pte., 4-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3374 Pte., 4-Lond. R.); together with transmission slips for 1914-15 Star and B.W.M. and Victory Medals, good very fine (3) £300-350

Percy Edwin Mean lived at Clapton and enlisted at Shaftesbury Street, London. He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 whilst serving with the 4th Battalion, London Regiment and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. The 4th Battalion, London Regiment suffered 4 officers and 48 other ranks killed on 1 July 1916.