Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Quartermaster and Lieutenant W. J. A. Lown, Army Cyclist Corps, late Royal Garrison Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. W. J. A. Lown.); Army L.S. &. G.C., G.V.R., 1st type (5852 Sjt: W. J. A. Lown. R.G.A.) very fine (3) £70-£90

William James Arthur Lown was born in Christchurch, Hampshire, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Gosport on 21 September 1894. Posted to Ceylon, India, and Hong Kong, his Army Service Record records him as ‘Legation Guard Peking’ from 2 May 1912 to 19 May 1913. It also confirms the award of the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1913 and a return to England in December 1913. Appointed to a commission in the 4th Corps Cyclist Battalion, Army Cyclist Corps, Lown survived the Great War and was later transferred to the General List.