Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. B. Wood, Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 May 1915
1914-15 Star (12795 Pte. W. B. Wood. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12795 Pte. W. B. Wood. Ches: R.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private A. H. Vilches, Cheshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (267731 Pte. A. H. Vilches. Ches. R.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine

Pair: Corporal R. Bale, Cheshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (38893 Cpl. R. Bale. Ches. R.) very fine (7) £100-£140

William Brown Wood, from Stockport, was born in 1880. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War on 1 September 1914 and served on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion from 5 May 1915. He was killed in action later that month on 24 May 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.