A Collection of Medals to the 42nd Highlanders and 73rd Foot (Black Watch)

Pair: Private W. Gray, 7th (Fife) Battalion, Royal Highlanders, who died of wounds, 31 November 1918

British War and Victory Medals (4055 Pte. W. Gray. R/ Highrs.); Memorial Plaque (William Gray) and Memorial Scroll, with related miniature awards, named enclosure for campaign awards and a portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 42nd Highlanders and 73rd Foot (Black Watch).

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William Gray was born in Strathmiglo, Fifeshire, and enlisted in the Royal Highlanders at Lochgelly. He served during the Great War with the 7th (Fife) Battalion, Royal Highlanders (Territorial) on the Western Front. Gray died of wounds 31 November 1918, and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France.