Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant H. Burrow, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was wounded in action during the Battle of Passchendaele

1914 Star (8753 Pte. H. Burrow. 2/W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8753 Sjt. H. Burrow. W. York. R.) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (3) £80-£100

Herbert Burrow, a millwright, was born in Leeds in 1889 and enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment on 31 January 1908. Posted to France with the 2nd Battalion from 5 November 1914, he was advanced Acting Sergeant 1 July 1916 and later received a severe gunshot wound to the left leg on 1 November 1917. Discharged at Battalion Depot and issued a Silver War Badge in consequence of the wound, he returned home to 7, St. Hilda’s Mount, Cross Green Lane, Leeds.

Sold with copied Army Service Record.