Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private G. W. Caldwell, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 October 1917

British War and Victory Medals (36086 Pte. G. W. Caldwell. Yorks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (George William Caldwell); Memorial Scroll, inscribed ‘Pte. George William Caldwell, Yorkshire Light Infantry’, Plaque with tape remnants on reverse, minor edge nicks, very fine or better (3) £120-£140

George William Caldwell, who was born in Hereford, was killed in action on 9 October 1917, while serving with the 1/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. His body was never recovered and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, France.

Sold with a letter informing Caldwell's next of kin of his death and an original photograph of the recipient.