Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sapper R. W. Gibbs, Royal Engineers, who died of wounds on 3 January 1917

1914-15 Star (34604 Spr. R. W. Gibbs. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (34604 Spr. R. W. Gibbs. R.E.); Memorial Plaque (Richard William Gibbs) good very fine (4) £100-£140

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward De Santis.

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Richard William Gibbs enlisted in the Royal Engineers at Newport, Monmouthshire in 1915 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1915. Severely wounded, he was evacuated to the U.K., and died of wounds at home on 3 January 1917. He is buried in the New Alresford (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard Extension, Hampshire.

Sold with a Royal Engineers cap badge.