Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Corporal J. Shinn, Norfolk Regiment, who was wounded by gun shot on the Western Front in August 1918
British War and Victory Medals (30122 Cpl. J. Shinn. Norf. R.) good very fine

Pair: Lance-Corporal J. W. Chaplin, Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 24 February 1917
British War and Victory Medals (6909 Pte. J. W. Chaplin. Norf. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private F. R. Brooks, Norfolk Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (39476 Pte. F. R. Brooks. Norf. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private W. G. Butcher, Norfolk Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (38350 Pte. W. G. Butcher. Norf. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private J. W. Davis, Norfolk Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (40652 Pte. J. W. Davis. Norf. R.) very fine (10) £160-£200

John Shinn attested for the Norfolk Regiment and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was admitted to hospital in Rouen on 23 August 1918 suffering from severe gun shot wounds, presumably received during an attack on the enemy positions at Ville sur Ancre the previous day, on which date the the Battalion suffered approximately 100 casualties.

John William Chaplin attested for the Norfolk Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War in the Hedjaz theatre of War from 15 January 1915. He was killed in Mesopotamia on 24 February 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.