Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private J. H. Griffiths, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action with the 23rd (8th Pals) Battalion in the Ypres salient in October 1917

British War and Victory Medals (49937 Pte., Manch. R.), good very fine or better (2) £60-80

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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John Henry Griffiths, who was born in Manchester, was killed in action at Houthulst Wood in the Ypres salient on 22 October 1917, while serving in the 23rd (8th Pals) Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He was 42 years of age, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.