Three: Lieutenant W. L. Eliot, West Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action on 20 September 1914

1914 Star, with copy clasp (Lieut., W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); together with illuminated memorial scroll, extremely fine (3) £450-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals to Officers Who Died During The Two World Wars.

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William Laurence Eliot was born on 9 July 1890 and educated at Falmouth Grammar School and Exeter School. He joined the West Yorkshire Regiment in October 1910; and was promoted to Lieutenant in September 1912. Lieutenant Eliot was killed in action in France and Flanders on 20 September 1914, whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, and is commemorated on La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France.

See Lots 1126 and 1157 for medals awarded to his two brothers.