Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. J. James, South Wales Borderers, who was severely wounded in action in winter trench operations near Givenchy in December 1914

1914 Star (13099 Pte. J. J. James. S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (13099 Pte. J. James. S. Wales Bord.) good very fine (3) £80-£100

James John James, a collier, enlisted in the South Wales Borderers on 21 August 1914. Initially posted to the 3rd Battalion, he served in France with the 1st Battalion from 11 November 1914 and was admitted to No. 9 General Hospital at Rouen on 24 December 1914 suffering from a severe shrapnel wound to the left foot. Evacuated to Birmingham for medical attention, he was later discharged no longer physically fit for war service due to chronic bronchitis on 2 October 1917.

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