A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments

Pair: Private L. Todd, West Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action, 13 August 1916
British War and Victory Medals (4353 Pte. L. Todd W. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Louis Todd) traces of verdigris to VM, nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private T. A. Clark, West Yorkshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (6193 Pte. T. A. Clark. W. York. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private H. Mercer, West Yorkshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (3963 Pte. H. Mercer. W. York. R.) with Imperial Service Badge, good very fine (lot)
£120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments.

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Louis Todd served during the Great War with the 1/8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds Rifles) and was killed in action on the Western Front, 13 August 1916. On the latter date the Battalion, as part of the 146th Brigade, 49th (West Riding) Division, were engaged on the Somme. Having moved up to Forceville at the end of July, the Battalion attacked opposite The Nab on the 12th, and stayed in the vicinity until they moved to Martinside Wood three days later. Todd is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

Harold Mercer was born in 1896, and attested for the 6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment at Bradford, 12 January 1915.

Sold with the following items relating to L. Todd: named and dated enclosure for the British War Medal; the same for the Victory Medal; registered envelope for medals - addressed to recipient at ‘26 Primrose Road, Halton, Leeds’; portrait photograph of recipient in uniform, items mounted on paper.