Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain W. J. Dower, South African Forces
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Capt. W. J. Dower.) mounted as worn, good very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. E. D. Ashcroft) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100

Edward Davey Ashcroft was born in Hunterville, New Zealand, on 31 August 1895, the son of Albert Edward and Emmeline Lucy Ashcroft, of Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1912, and served during the Great War as a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Engineers on the Western Front from 2 April 1915. Advanced to Captain, he was serving with the 7th Field Company in Mesopotamia when he died of wounds on 30 November 1917. He is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery.

Note: Ashcroft’s Memorial Plaque was sold in these rooms in May 2023.