Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private E. R. Williams, South Wales Borderers
1914-15 Star (2569 Pte. E. R. Williams. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (2569 Pte. E. R. Williams. S. Wales Bord.) edge bruising to BWM, otherwise very fine

Three: Private G. F. Clarke, Seaforth Highlanders
1914-15 Star (2148 Pte. G. F. Clarke. Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2148 Pte. G. F. Clarke. Sea. Highrs.) very fine (6) £80-£100

Ellis Robert Williams served in Aden with the 1/1st (Brecknockshire) Battalion, South Wales Borderers from 3 July 1915. Detailed to protect the strategically important coaling port and harbour, the South Wales Borderers were placed on Garrison duty alongside a mixed force of Indian troops. Transferred to Bombay as part of the Mhow Brigade, the 1/1st Battalion spent the remainder of the Great War in India.

George F. Clarke enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders on 15 September 1914 and served in France with the 6th Battalion from 1 May 1915. He was later discharged due to sickness on 16 September 1916.