Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Victory Medal awarded to Private W. H. Foord, East Surrey Regiment, who was captured and taken prisoner of war, and died in captivity on 22 May 1917
Victory Medal 1914-19 (22903 Pte. W. H. Foord. E. Surr. R.); Memorial Plaque (William Foord) very fine and better

Memorial Plaque (George Lovegrove) good very fine (3) £70-£90

William Henry Foord attested for the East Surrey Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. Initially reported missing on 3 May 1917, he was later confirmed to have died of wounds on 22 May 1917 whilst a Prisoner of War. He is buried in the Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension, Belgium.

Sold with the original Record Office letter of notification informing the recipient’s mother, Mrs. A. Foord of Margate, of the death of her son.

George Lovegrove served on the Western Front as a Rifleman in the 1/6th Battalion, London Regiment, and died aged 36 years on 27 August 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France.