Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Private A. Ashworth, Royal Irish Rifles, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 May 1915
1914-15 Star (2-1524 Pte. A. Ashworth. R. Ir: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (3-1524 Pte. A. Ashworth. R. Ir. Rif.); Memorial Plaque (... Ashworth) Christian name erased from plaque, this somewhat polished and worn; the medals good very fine

Pair: Private E. Ashworth, Lancashire Fusiliers, who died on 25 March 1918
British War and Victory Medals (281441 Pte. E. Ashworth. Lan. Fus.) good very fine (6) £240-£280

Albert Ashworth attested for the Royal Irish Rifles and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 March 1915. He was killed in action on 9 May 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Edward Ashworth, brother of the above, attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers and served with the 1st/7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died on 25 March 1918, and is buried in Sauchy-Cauchy Communal Cemetery Extension, France.