Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain and Quartermaster J. Ellis, Cheshire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services in Egypt

1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Capt. J. Ellis. Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. J. Ellis); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2282 C.Serjt. J. Ellis. Cheshire Regt.) mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (4) £200-£240

Joseph Ellis, a native of Birkenhead, Cheshire, attested for the Cheshire Regiment in 1886, under the alias of Joseph Weeks, and served for 15 years in the 1st Battalion, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 172 of 1904. He retired in 1914, as Acting Sergeant Major on the Permanent Staff of 6th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (T.F.), but was subsequently commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster), and served during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 7 August 1915. He saw further service in Egypt, Palestine, and Belgium, and was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in Egypt (London Gazette 22 January 1919).

Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient, wearing his L.S. & G.C. Medal.