Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. Evans, Suffolk Regiment, late Essex Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (30953 Pte. J. Evans. Suff. R.) very fine

Pair: Private J. Casey, Suffolk Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (6102 Pte. J. Casey. Suff. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private F. Hazelton, Suffolk Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (305081 Pte. F. Hazelton. Suff. R.) very fine

Pair: Private H. Pollard, Suffolk Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (26950 Pte. H. Pollard. Suff. R.) very fine

Pair: Private G. J. Saunders, Suffolk Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (330005 Pte. G. J. Saunders. Suff. R.) good very fine (10) £140-£180

James Evans enlisted in the Essex Regiment on 24 May 1916. Posted to France 24 October 1916, he suffered a shrapnel wound to the right eye near Camiers on 20 November 1917 and was sent to No. 22 General Hospital for treatment.

John Casey was born in Barnwell, Cambridgeshire, around 1879, and initially attested for the Suffolk Regiment on 12 March 1896. Posted to South Africa from 1900 to 1901 (entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with 4 clasps), and France from 11 November 1914 to 23 January 1915, he was discharged no longer physically fit for war service on 24 March 1916. His Army Service Record adds: ‘gunshot wound, cheek.’