Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private D. Arrowsmith, Bedfordshire Regiment, late South Staffordshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 6 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (36831 Pte. D. Arrowsmith, S. Staff. R.); Memorial Plaque (Daniel Arrowsmith); Memorial Scroll ‘Pte. Daniel Arrowsmith Bedfordshire Regt.’ in O.H.M.S. card tube of transmittal, good very fine and better (4) £120-£160

Daniel Arrowsmith, a biscuit placer, was born in Longton, Staffordshire, around 1885, and enlisted in the South Staffordshire Regiment at Lichfield. Transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, he was killed in action on the Western Front on 6 August 1918, during the opening phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial.

Sold with original Record Office letter forwarding medals, dated 31 March 1921.