Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (3) (Glaslyn Elias; Edwin Parkhouse; John Nicholas) the first with four large drilled holes when sometime mounted; edge nicks, polished and worn in parts, fair to fine and better (3) £70-£90

Glaslyn Elias was born in Neath, Glamorganshire, in 1898. Called up for service in 1916 he was posted to the 11th Battalion, South Wales Borderers and rapidly rise to the rank of Sergeant. Most likely following the disbandment of his battalion in February 1918, he was transferred to 16th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and was killed in action on 26 August 1918 in the attack on Longueval, where his battalion suffered 20 men killed and 50 wounded. He is buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France.

Edwin Parkhouse was born at Briton Ferry, Glamorganshire, in July 1888 and was employed at the Briton Ferry Steel works. He enlisted into the Welsh Regiment at Cardiff, but subsequently transferred to 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, proceeding to the Western Front as part of a reinforcement draft. On 4 October 1918 the 20th Manchesters attacked the villages of Beaurevooir and Poncheaux, south of Cambrai; wounded on the final day of the offensive he succumbed to his wounds and died on 8 October 1918, aged 30. He is buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery, France.

There are several men of the name John Nicholas listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.