Medals to the Liverpool Regiment from the Collection of Hal Giblin

Pair: Captain M. R. Kinloch-Wylie, 9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, formerly 10th (Scottish) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment

1914 Star (3152 Pte. M. R. K. Wylie, 10/L’pool. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt.); together with original commission document to rank of Second Lieutenant, dated 16.2.1915; and Registered packet of issue for medals, addressed to recipient at ‘The Church House, Formby, Lancs.’, good very fine (2) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to the Liverpool Regiment from the Collection of Hal Giblin.

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Captain Malcolm Rollo Kinlock-Wylie attested for the Liverpool Scottish on 7 August 1914, and formed one of the original contingent to sale to France aboard the S.S. Maidan in November 1914. He was discharged from the battalion in December 1914 to train for a commission, which he received two months later in the 9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Sold with a contemporary postcard depicting St Peter’s Church, Formby and a copied group photograph of 9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders officers, with recipient identified.