The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment

Pair: Private V. Kay, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action on the western Front on 18 November 1916
British War and Victory Medals (41481 Pte. V. Kay. Manch. R.) mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine;

Pair: Private A. Riley, Manchester Regiment and a member of the Church Lads’ Brigade
British War and Victory Medals (303548 Pte. A. Riley. Manch. R.) in named card box of issue; together with the recipient’s Church Lads’ Brigade Coronation Review Medal 1902, bronze, the reverse inscribed ‘Present on Parade A. Riley’; a Church Lads’ Brigade Cross, bronze, unnamed, with brooch bar; and a Boys’ Brigade cap badge, bronze, extremely fine (4) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Alfred Victor Kay was born at Failsworth, Manchester, in 1898 and attested for service in 2nd Battalion the Manchester Regiment, sometime in the autumn of 1915, using his second name ’Victor’. He served in France in the Battle of the Somme and at Beaumont Hamel and Serre, and was killed in action on 18 November 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

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