Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private E. H. Vines, 2nd Battalion London Regiment, killed in action, France/Flanders, 1 January 1917

British War and Victory Medals (6404 Pte., 2-Lond. R.); together with three other British War and Victory Medal pairs (4954 Pte. E. Simmonds, 2-Lond. R.; 5529 Pte. W. Overton, 8-Lond. R.; 3402 Pte. F. A. Vint, 6-Lond. R.) very fine and better (8) £100-140

Ernest Henry Vines was born, lived and enlisted in Southwark. Serving in the 2nd Battalion London Regiment, he was killed in action on 1 January 1917, aged 23 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. He was the son of Alfred Thomas and Elizabeth Vines of 26 Hayles Buildings, St. George’s Road, Southwark, London.