Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private R. A. Smith, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 10 September 1918

British War and Victory Medals (C-12907 Pte. R. A. Smith. K. R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Albert Smith) good very fine (3) £90-£120

Robert Albert Smith, a farm worker from North Acton, Felton, was born in Branxton, Northumberland, around 1892. He attested into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Battalion from 5 May 1916. Later transferring into the 2nd Battalion, he died of wounds on 10 September 1918 and is buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wilmille, France.

Sold with copied service papers, copied medal roll extracts, and other research.