Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. Brooke, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action during the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1917

1914-15 Star (20429 Pte J. Brooke, K.O. Sco: Bord:); British War Medal 1914-20 (20429 Pte. J. Brooke. K.O. Sco. Bord.) with Cap Badge, named medal enclosures addressed to ‘Miss Brooke, 9558 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Canada’, his father’s Yorkshire Federation of United Irish League Clubs Membership Card, and a silk memorial bible marker commemorating the death of father and son, good very fine

1914 Star (11781 Pte W. Currie. K.O. Sco: Bord:) obverse polished, therefore good fine (3) £200-£240

John Brooke was the son of Lawrence Brooks, and was born in Batley, Yorkshire. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers in Gallipoli from 3 October 1915. Private Brooke was killed in action during the First Day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, and is buried in the Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Somme, France. His father died aged 56 on 17 December 1916.

William Currie was born in Balmagie, Kirkcudbright. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers on the Western Front from 7 October 1914. Private Currie died of wounds on the Western Front on 15 April 1918, and is buried in Aire Communal Cemetery, France.