Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. E. Jones, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 June 1915

1914 Star (7324 Pte. J. E. Jones. 1/North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (7324 Pte. J. E. Jones. Norh’t Fus.) extremely fine (3) £90-£120

John Edward Jones, from Mold, Flintshire, attested into the Northumberland Fusiliers and served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 2 November 1914. He was killed in action at Bellewaarde on 16 June 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

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For the medals awarded to the recipient’s brother-in-law John Finch, see Lot 300.