Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance Corporal R. P. Monks, South Lancashire Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 21 October 1914
1914 Star (1185 Pte. R. P. Monks. 2/S.Lan: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1185 Pte. R. Monks. S. Lan. R.) very fine

Pair: Private A. E. Taylor, West Riding Regiment, later Royal Engineers
1914-15 Star (2636 Pte. A. E. Taylor, W. Rid. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2636 Pte. A. E. Taylor. W. Rid. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private W. de R. C. Wimberley, 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), London Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (5476 Pte. W. Wimberley. 16-Lond. R.) nearly extremely fine (6) £140-£180

Richard Peter Monks was born in Dublin on 14 December 1891 and was admitted to the Liverpool Board of Guardians Workhouse in 1903, when just twelve years old. Posted to France with the 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment from 21 September 1914, he was captured at La Pellee in the late autumn of 1914 and held at prisoner of war camps in Limburg and Giessen (Lahn). Repatriated upon the cessation of hostilities, he returned home to Liverpool and employment as a warehouseman.

Albert E. Taylor served in France with the 7th Battalion, West Riding Regiment from 16 April 1915, and was discharged to Army Reserve on 14 February 1919.

William de Rosa Collingwood Wimberley, a fishmonger, was born in 1895 and enlisted in the 16th Battalion, London Regiment on 9 November 1915. Posted to France with the 2/16th Battalion, he survived the Great War and was transferred to Army Reserve on 29 April 1919.

Sold with a large selection of original documentation including Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity; Certificate of Demobilisation; Certificate of Employment during the War.