Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant R. H. Fleming, 15th (1st London Welsh) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, late London Regiment, who was killed in action at Mametz Wood on the Somme on 11 July 1916

1914-15 Star (630 Pte. R. H. Fleming. 5 - London R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. R. H. Fleming) good very fine (3) £120-£160

Reginald Henry Fleming was born at Dalston, London, in 1891, and attested for the London Regiment. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 June 1915, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 10th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 22 January 1916. Subsequently transferring to ‘D’ Company, 15th (1st London Welsh) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, he served with them during the Battle of the Somme, and was posting missing, later confirmed killed in action, during the Battalion’s attack between Queen’s Nullah and White Trench at Mametz Wood on 10-11 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.