Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private E. R. Rolls, 5th (Service) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, who died of wounds in Gallipoli, 8 December 1915

1914-15 Star (10558 Pte E. R. Rolls. Dorset: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10558 Pte. E. R. Rolls. Dorset. R.); Memorial Plaque (Ernest Ralph Rolls) last with drill hole at 12 o’clock, generally very fine (4) £140-£180

Ernest Ralph Rolls (listed as ‘Edward Ralph Rolls’ on CWGC) was born in Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset, He served during the Great War with the 5th (Service) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment in the Balkans theatre of war from 11 July 1915. Private Rolls died of wounds in Gallipoli, 8 December 1915, and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.