A poignant family group of medals consisting of the British ...

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£450 - £600

A poignant family group of medals consisting of the British War Medal and Victory Medal pairs, together with their Memorial plaques, to the two Wadsworth brothers,
Albert and Reginald, from Bow Brickhill, Bletchley:
a. British War Medal and Victory medal pair named to: 23766 Pte A J Wadsworth Bedf R (Bedford Regiment), together with Memorial plaque named to Albert Josiah
Wadsworth, with Buckingham Palace bestowal slip. Albert Wadsworth died of wounds on 8 April 1918 while serving with the 63 rd Machine Gun Battalion of the Royal Naval Division, probably at the Battle of Bapaume.
b. British War Medal and Victory Medal pair named to 22894 Pte R H Wadsworth Oxf & Bucks LI (Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry), together with his
Memorial Plaque named to: Reginald Harry Wadsworth. Reginald Wadsworth was Killed in Action on 2 September 1917 while serving with the 1 st Battalion Worcester
Regiment in the Ypres salient. With copies of Medal Index Cards, related documents and biographical notes.