Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Second Lieutenant F. G. Notton, Welsh Regiment, late 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich), London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 August 1917

1914-15 Star (1495 Pte. F. G. Notton. 20-Lond. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2 Lieut. F. G. Notton.) extremely fine (2) £80-£100

Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008.

Frank Gwyn Notton was born in Aberdare, Glamorgan on 12 January 1894. He attested for service with the 20th Battalion London Regiment on 7 November 1913, aged 19 years, 9 months, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 March 1915. He was wounded in action on 22 May 1916, suffering a shell wound to the right wrist. Notton was discharged to a commission on 29 October 1916, appointed a Second Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion Welsh Regiment. He was killed in action on 27 August 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

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