Orders, Decorations and Medals

1914 Star (4), (5602 Pte. J. Dunn; 5923 Pte. H. Holmes; 10461 Pte. S. Norman; 10708 Pte. A. E. Metcalfe, all 1/K.R. Rif. C.) the last with Clasp, good very fine (4) £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop.

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John Dunn, born Birmingham, enlisted October 1903, missing presumed killed on 3 November 1914. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
Horace Holmes, born Bradford, was killed in action in the attack on Delville Wood, 27 July 1916, and is buried in Serre Road Cemetery, France.
Stanley Norman, born Chelsea, London, was killed in action whilst attached to the 12th battalion, in the attack at Langemarck on 16 August 1917. Sergeant Cooper of the same battalion won the Victoria Cross on this occasion.
Albert Edward Metcalfe, born, London, died on 19 September 1914, of wounds received during the retreat from Mons. He is commemorated on La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial to the Missing.