£220
A FIRST WORLD WAR TRIO AND PLAQUE TO THE WILTSHIRE REGIMENT. A Great War trio comprising a 1914 Star named to 8702. L.Cpl W.J. HIGGS 2/WILTS R. War Medal and Victory Medal similarly named. The plaque William James Higgs. William Higgs was the only child of Mr and Mrs J. Higgs of 3 Low Water, Frome, Somerset. Born in Reading his father worked on the railways. He was a serving soldier at the outbreak of war and was stationed in Gibraltar in 1914. He entered France on the 7th October 1914. He died of wounds to the leg received in action on the 12th December 1915 and died in hospital at Courtrai the following day. He is buried at the 'Kortrijk (St. Jan) Communal Cemetery, he was 22 years old, his headstone reads 'Gone but not forgotten, Rest in the Lord'. With scroll and Buckingham Palace slip and a folder of research and photographs of the headstone. *CR Good condition, some original documents slightly tatty. A lot fee of £8 inc. VAT will be charged on top of the hammer price and BP on all lots.
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