A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties

Three: Private T. Dyer, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 December 1915

1914-15 Star (G-6214. Pte. T. Dyer. Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-6214 Pte. T. Dyer. Midd’x R.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Dyer) in card envelope; together with the recipient’s identity bracelet; and a Middlesex Regiment brooch badge, nearly extremely fine (4) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family.

Thomas Dyer was born in Sibford Ferris, Oxfordshire, and attested for the 10th Hussars at Oxford. Transferring to the Middlesex Regiment, he served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 July 1915, and was killed in action on 29 December 1915, the Battalion War Diary indicating that he was killed by a rifle bullet, probably fired by an enemy sniper. He is buried in Meaulte Military Cemetery, France.

Sold with an ‘In Memoriam’ card; two postcard photographs of the recipient; a contemporary photograph of his headstone; and copied research.