Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant A. W. Hopkins, Royal Fusiliers, who was wounded in action in October 1918
1914-15 Star (5056 Pte. A. W. Hopkins. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-5056 Sjt. A. W. Hopkins. R. Fus.) generally very fine

Three: Private T. Smalley, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1914-15 Star (19474 Pte. T. Smalley. L.N. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (19474 Pte. T. Smalley. L.N. Lan. R.) very fine (6) £80-£100

Arthur William Hopkins, a railway porter, was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, around 1895, and enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers at Kilburn on 11 September 1914. Posted to France from 1 September 1915, his Army Service Record notes that he qualified machine gunner and suffered a gunshot wound to the left hand on 22 October 1918 whilst serving with the 11th Battalion.

Tom Smalley served at Gallipoli with the 6th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment from 28 August 1915. He survived the campaign and was discharged to Army Reserve in 1919.