Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Bugler Walter Nairn, Durham Light Infantry, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 22 June 1915
1914-15 Star (1366 Bglr: W. Nairn. Durh: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7-1366 Pte. W. Nairn. Durh. L.I.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Bugler William Nairn, Durham Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (1623 Pte. W. Nairn. Durh. L.I.) nearly extremely fine (5) £100-£140

Walter Nairn was born in Southwick on 12 December 1895 and attested for the Durham Light Infantry at Sunderland, Co. Durham. He served as a Bugler with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 April 1915. He was mortally wounded by a sniper during the actions near to Sanctuary Wood on 22 June 1915, and was admitted to No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul with a gunshot wound to his head, but died of his wounds later that same day. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.

William Nairn, brother of the above, also attested for the Durham Light Infantry and like his brother served as a Bugler with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. A third brother, John also served as a Bugler in the 7th Battalion, D.L.I., and two further brothers also served in H.M. Forces.

Sold with a Durham Light Infantry cap badge; a postcard photograph of William Nairn; and copied research, including a photographic image of the three Bugler brothers.