Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance Corporal J. Tower, Royal West Surrey Regiment

1914 Star (L-9926 Pte. J. Tower. 2/The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-9926 Pte. J. Tower. The Queen’s R.) minor scratch to obverse of VM, otherwise good very fine (3) £70-£90

John Tower attested for the Royal West Surrey Regiment on 4 July 1911, and served in France with the 2nd Battalion from 4 October 1914. Advanced Lance Corporal, he survived the Great War and was discharged ‘surplus to military requirements having suffered impairment since entry into the service’ on 4 April 1919.

Sold with original Certificate of Discharge and Certificate of Character: ‘Sober, honest and trustworthy’; with award slip for Silver War Badge ‘B268106’.