Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private B. Morris, Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 28 November 1917

1914-15 Star (13542 Pte. B. Morris. C.Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (13542 Pte. B. Morris. C.Gds.); Memorial Plaque (Benjamin Morris) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, good very fine (4) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family.

Benjamin Morris was born in Leytonstone, Essex, and attested for the Coldstream Guards in Leeds on 9 November 1914. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 August 1915, and was killed in action on 28 November 1917. He is buried in Orival Wood Cemetery, Flesquieres, France.

Sold with a Coldstream Guards cap badge, shoulder cyphers, tunic insignia, and various buttons; named Record Office enclosure for the 1914-15 Star; official notification of death letter; a copy of the Brigade of Guards Roll of Honour; empty Princess Mary Christmas 1914 Tin, with named enclosure; a postcard photograph of the recipient; and copied research.