Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Spencer, Royal Scots, who was twice wounded, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 7 June 1917
1914-15 Star (23059 Pte. J. Spencer. R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (23059 Pte. J. Spencer. R. Scots.) good very fine

Pair: Private C. W. Stones, Border Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War on the Western Front on 11 April 1918
British War and Victory Medals (32342 Pte. C. W. Stones. Bord. R.) nearly extremely fine (5) £100-£140

John Spencer attested for the Royal Scots on 2 June 1915 and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 October 1915. He suffered a gun shot wound to the back on 1 November 1915, and later more severely a gun shot wound to the chest that fractured a rib on 26 July 1916. He transferred to the 11th Battalion and was killed in action on 7 June 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Charles William Stones was born in Levenshulme, Lancashire, on 13 March 1898 and attested for the Border Regiment on 10 May 1916. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was taken Prisoner of War at Sailly on 11 April 1918. Repatriated following the cessation of hostilities, he was awarded a Silver War Badge on 23 January 1919.