Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. Rhodes, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was wounded and taken prisoner of war at Oppy on 3 May 1917

British War and Victory Medals (1600 Pte. W. Rhodes. W. York. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1600 Pte. W. Rhodes. W. York. R.) contact marks, very fine (3) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Laban Collection of Territorial Force War Medal Groups.

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William Rhodes was born in the parish of St. Johns, Bradford in 1896 and enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment on 24 March 1914, at the age of 17, his home address being at 117 Garnett Street, Bradford. He served overseas with 2/6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was recorded as missing on 3 May 1917, subsequently being confirmed as a prisoner of war in Germany on 17 July 1917, having been captured at Oppy, on which occasion he was wounded by shrapnel. He was repatriated to England on 5 December 1918 and was demobilised from 5th Reserve Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment on 30 March 1919, suffering from neurasthenia and stomach troubles.