Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. Smith, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 11 April 1917

1914-15 Star (24185 Pte. W. Smith. R.W. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (24185 Pte. W. Smith. R.W. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Walter Smith) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace letter of condolence and flattened named card boxes of issue, nearly extremely fine and better (4) £160-£200

Walter Smith, a labourer, was born in 1882 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Chester on 26 May 1915. Initially posted to the 3rd Battalion, he served with the 8th Battalion at Gallipoli from 7 November 1915 and was killed in the spring of 1917 in Mesopotamia. He has no known grave and is commemorated upon the Basra Memorial.

Sold with three original hand written letters from Smith to his sister, dated 29.4.16, 10.9.16 and 22.10.16; another, dated 16.2.17.: ‘I have been in another attack and I got through without a scratch... I must be one of the lucky ones.’; with six Field Service postcards from Smith to his sister, detailing daily life in 1915-16-17.; and original Record Office letter forwarding the 1914-15 Star.