Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance-Corporal J. Cartwright, Grenadier Guards, who died of his wounds as a Prisoner of War on 3 December 1917

British War and Victory Medals (17923 Pte. J. Cartwright. G. Gds.) traces of verdigris to VM, nearly very fine (2) £60-£80

James Cartwright was born in Liverpool and attested there for the Grenadier Guards. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and is recorded on the official letter communicating his death in captivity that he died from gun shot wounds to the upper arm, knee and abdomen whilst a prisoner of war in a German Field Lazarett, at Clary, France, on 3 December 1917. He is buried at Honnechy British Cemetery, France.

Sold with original Army Form B.104-82, notifying his widow of his death whilst a prisoner in German hands.