Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. Saunders, 4th (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment

British War Medal 1914-20 (1644 Pte. W. Saunders. 4-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1644 Pte. W. Saunders. 4-Lond. R.); contact marks, edge bruise to the last, otherwise very fine (2) £120-£160

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

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Woolf Saunders enlisted initially into 1st Battalion London Regiment on 18 February 1913, before transferring to 4th Battalion and was later renumbered 280183. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on Malta from 13 September 1914 to 11 March 1918, serving also attached to 1st Garrison Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, and is not entitled to the Victory Medal. He was demobilised on 24 April 1919. His home address was at 174 Wellington Road, Bethnal Green.