Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private J. P. Rawlinson, Cheshire Regiment, who died of wounds while serving in the 8th Battalion in Mesopotamia in February 1917

British War and Victory Medals (36898 Pte., Ches. R.), good very fine (2) £50-70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface.

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James Philip Rawlinson, who was born in Dunkinfield, Cheshire, died of wounds received in an attack on Hai Salient, Mesopotamia on 20 February 1917, while serving in the 8th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He was 28 years of age, was a founder member of the Dunkinfield Volunteer Corps and left a widow, Mary, resident at Ashton-under-Lyne. Rawlinson has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.