Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

Three: Serjeant B. C. Lertora, Wiltshire Regiment and South African Constabulary
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6592 Pte. B. C. Lertona, Vol. Coy. Wilts. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (279 Cpl. B. C. Lertona, S.A.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2968 Sjt. B. Lertona, Wilts. R.)

Three: Private W. L. Lertora, 3rd Dragoon Guards, killed in action, France/Flanders, 13 November 1914
1914 Star (4375 Pte., 3/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (D-4375 Pte., 3-D. Gds.) good very fine and better (6)
£350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to the Wiltshire Regiment.

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Bertie Charles Lertora and Walter Leo Lertora were sons of Francis and Eliza Lertora, of Newtown, Trowbridge.

Bertie Charles Lertora was born in Bradford-on-Avon. A Driller by occupation and a member of the 1st Wiltshire Rfle Volunteer Corps, he attested for short service in the Wiltshire Regiment at Trowbridge on 13 January 1900, aged 22 years. He served in South Africa, February-July 1900 and was discharged at his own request on 9 November 1900. He then went on to serve in the South African Constabulary. During the Great War he served as a Serjeant in the 1/4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, serving in India and Afghanistan. Latterly he was the licensee of ‘The Rising Sun’ in Newtown. He died at his home on 5 July 1946.

With copied research and modern photographs of his gravestone.



Walter Leo Lertora was born and lived in Trowbridge and enlisted at Bath. Serving with the 3rd Dragoon Guards, he was killed in action at Ypres on 13 November 1914. His name is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial; the Trinity Church War Memorial, Trowbridge and the Trowbridge Town War Memorial.

With copied research.