Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. R. Jones, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was wounded at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915

1914 Star, with copy clasp (6024 Pte. G. R. Jones. 1/ R. W. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (6024 Pte. G. R. Jones. R. W. Fus.) edge bruising to last, nearly very fine (3) £80-£120

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

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Griffith Robert Jones, a pre-war regular soldier, served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1914. He was wounded in the left hand at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and admitted on 14 March 1915 to the 6th Clearing Hospital, aged 39 in his 22nd year of service. Having been repatriated to England three days later on the Hospital Ship Nevasa, he was transferred ‘Class ‘P’ on 11 May 1917, discharged on 4 June 1918 and awarded a Silver War Badge. A note on the recipient’s Medal Index Card states: ‘Awarded the Queen’s and King’s South Africa Medals with 5 clasps’.