Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (2) (Francis King; David Thomas Winders) glue residue to reverse of first, minor patches of staining to second, very fine and better (2) £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry.

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Three men named Francis King were killed in action or died of wounds or illness during the Great War including Second Lieutenant Francis King, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, who died on 12 April 1917. Aged 22 years, he is commemorated upon the Arras Memorial.

Sold with copied service record relating to Second Lieutenant F. King and CWGC entries.

David Thomas Winders was born in Lancashire and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Cape Town on 25 June 1917. Disembarked at Rouen as Private on 19 February 1918, he was killed in action on 30 April 1918. The son of Mary Winders of 11 Railway Street, Widnes, Lancashire, he is commemorated upon the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Sold with copied service record.