Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private D. S. Wright, 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (5859 Pte. D. S. Wright. 5-Lond. R.); with Victory Medal 1914-19 (108646 Pte. R. W. Wright. C.M.R.) generally good very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (31 Sjt. H. Beveridge C.F.A.; 629007 Pte. E. N. Barnes. 29-Can, Inf.; 552508 Sjt. T. J. Davies. C.C.T.S.; 200058 Pte. R. H. Smart. C.A.V.C.) generally very fine (7) £80-£100

Rawleigh William Wright was born in Brixton, London in July 1894. He was the son of Jean E. Wright, of 15 Hazledon Road, Brockley, London. Wright served during the Great War with the 3rd Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles on the Western Front. He died of illness, 4 December 1918, and is buried in Vevey (St. Martin’s) Cemetery, Switzerland.

Harry Beveridge was born in Canada in July 1892. He served during the Great War with the 8th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. Sergeant Beveridge was killed in action on the Western Front, 21 August 1918, and is buried in the Rosieres Communal Cemetery Extension, France.