Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant J. W. Dunford, Royal Field Artillery, who suffered from gas poisoning in 1917
British War and Victory Medals (L-26953 Sjt. J. W. Dunford. R.A.) very fine

Four: Private H. H. Craven, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, later East Lancashire Regiment and Royal Engineers
British War and Victory Medals (9352 Pte. H. H. Craven R.W. Fus.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named card boxes of issue, extremely fine

Pair: Private R. Rowlands, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, later Labour Corps
British War and Victory Medals (25870 Pte. R. Rowlands. R.W. Fus.) nearly extremely fine (8) £100-£140

James William Dunford, a fish porter, was born in 1890 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Deptford on 27 May 1915. Posted to France from 5 March 1916, he was wounded by a gas shell in June 1917 and was later admitted to hospital on 6 September 1918 after receiving wounds to the scalp and left thigh. He survived the campaign and was discharged in 1920, returning home to Peckham.

Herbert Harry Craven, a commercial artist, was born in Wrexham on 12 October 1897 and served during the Great War with the 4th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Sold with a large copied photograph of the recipient in military uniform.