A Collection of Medals to the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment

Three: Private F. H. James, 20th Battalion London Regiment, died of wounds, 3 April 1918

1914-15 Star (3230 Pte., 20-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3230 Pte., 20-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Henry James), this in card envelope of issue,` extremely fine (4) £160-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment.

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Frederick Henry James was born in Kilburn, lived in Lewisham and enlisted at Blackheath. Serving with the 20th Battalion London Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 19 August 1915. He died of wounds on 3 April 1918. James was buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. He was the son of James James of 62 Brookbank Road, Lewisham, London. Sold with forwarding slips for the British War and Victory Medals and Memorial Plaque; also with copied m.i.c. and newspaper extract.