Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (34008 Pte. A. S. Edgar, S. Lan. R.); Memorial Plaque (Alfred Stephen Edgar) extremely fine (lot) £60-80

Alfred Stephen Edgar was born in Roach, Glamorganshire. He originally served in the Welsh Regiment. As a member of the 7th Battalion Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 18 November 1916. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

A letter written by his brother Herbert to their father reads, ‘My dear Father, It is with the greatest of regret I have to tell you that Alf was killed in action on the 18th instant. After the Batt. had gained their objective .... He was hit by a shell and died immediately. I have obtained his watch and pocket book together with the most of his private stuff, and shall send them home. The Colonel spoke to me yesterday and said how sorry he was to hear of Alf’s death and remarked that he was yet “another good man I have lost”..... I spoke to Alf an hour before he went into action.’

Sold with damaged card box of issue for the British War and Victory Medals (this latter missing), with associated slip and damaged registered envelope addressed to ‘Mrs R. L. Lodge, ‘Ravensworth, Llantarnam Rd., Cwmbran’; memorial plaque card envelope and associated slip; memorial scroll and slip; metal mirror in leather pouch inscribed, ‘L/Cpl. A. S. Edgar, 77th Welch Rgt., Cardiff’; the above (damaged) letter; Soldier’s Pay Book, belonging to his brother, Sergeant Herbert Oswald Edgar, South Lancashire Regiment; other papers to Herbert Edgar include a notebook; envelope addressed to Sgt. H.O. Edgar of the 15th Battalion Tank Corps, Bovington Camp, Dorset; and his Out-of-Work Donation Policy Pay Book. With copied casualty details and m.i.c. for both brothers.