World War Medals

WW1 RAWCLIFFE Y&L & WW2 WRIGHTSON RA / BRAIN W Guards Family Group 11 Medals. Colours may differ due to any flash used. Please check the postal DATE mark on the package when you get it. Here is a family group of 3 different men and their medals with some associated items. All the men were from the Pickering – Kirkby Moorside area of North Yorkshire. 3 medals which have the edge engraved wording 32688 Pte. 4 / YORK: & LANC REG. And the brass medal has the same edge details as the medal above. A small ribbon badge of the Military Medal. Also a newspaper clipping relating to him when he had been awarded the Military Medal Honour. This clipping is torn. And the official typed out Army Form W. 2 Infantry York November 24th 1919 wording stating his number, name and regiment For Bravery in the Field. Vide supplement to London Gazette dated 23.7.19. And signed by the chap at the bottom. This bit of paper has been folded and is creased and slight holes on the creases. Then there is a small group of Army related books related to Alfred Brain his Army number 2738106 who was in the Welsh Guards. Booklets include SOLDIERS RELEASE BOOK CLASS ” A ” – NATIONAL REGISTRATION IDENTITY CARD which is dated 1946 – 48 with postal address in Pickering – Army Book 64 Soldiers Service Pay Book – Record Book for all arms regular army at home – New Testamant, in here he is down with 8 Coy Welsh Guards – Regular Army Certificate of Service which says he enlisted in Gloucester and another little slip inside where he was transfered from Class A Reserve to Class ” Z ” Reserve to date 11/11/53 on expiration of Section ” B ” Army Reserve. (in the back of this book it says he was awarded the FRANCE & GERMANY STAR & 1939-45 STAR) Most of these booklets are in worn condition, creased and rubbed.. Only the Regular Army hand back red book is in good condition. As well as that there is a small brass and enamel badge for the WELSH GUARDS COMRADES ASSOCIATION. So he has at least 3 WW2 medals. Then there are some photocopies of a photograph with Captain Daley’s Squad Welsh Guards Jan 1942 and A. Then not forgetting the official WW2 medals box which has the name Mr F. WRIGHTSON address is 11 Lidget St Huddersfield. There are 8 WW2 medals in this box… Some will belong to Alfred Brain of the Welsh Guards though as allready mentioned. Medals include DEFENCE MEDAL – 2 x 1939-45 WAR MEDAL – 2 x 1939-45 STAR, ITALY STAR – AFRICA STAR – FRANCE & GERMANY STAR. Other items are associated with this chap Wrightson… Which are Methodist Hymn book Francis Ernest Wrightson with an address at the market place, Kirkby Moorside. Looking at the photographs I would say Ernest Wrightson was in the Royal Artillery. Some are hand written below to say what they are……. Starting with Kirbymoorside tennis – SOU LEY AUG 1940 – a full page photo of an Artillery gun with 5 men with it – LESMAHAGOW 1941 – C TROOP RYDE ISLE OF WIGHT 1941 – EGYPT – CAIRO 1943 – DURBAN 1943 – BAGDAD Douglas Bill Ernest on horses 1942 – SUEZ 1943 – SYRIA 1943 – quite a lot of the Pyramids and that area etc – IRAQ 1942 – HAIFA – JAFFA – Leave BEIRUT…… The ones at the front are real photo’s taken by him. These photos are nearly all 3 and half inch x 2 and half inch. And a large photo of 2 men with a typed letter from the editor of British Textiles a magazine of the period… Dated 1946 to Frank Wrightson, Outfitter, Market Place Kirkbymoorside, York…. Which is a photo of his son. The group are all related as someone has done a small family tree, where they are all connected. See close up pictures for more details and condition. See the photographs which enlarge. Please see close up pictures for more detail. The item(s) are shown next to an English 1 penny which is 20mm dia for scale. 2.5cm = 25mm = 1 inch. Go to OTHER question. Once an item is the in the postal system any delays are out of my cont rol. See the date it was sent. Sent back to me in the condition you received it in. Get Images that Make Supersized Seem Small. Tailor your auctions with Auctiva’s. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “WW1 RAWCLIFFE Y&L & WW2 WRIGHTSON RA / BRAIN W Guards Family Group 11 Medals” is in sale since Sunday, December 10, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “diggerlee” and is located in SCROLL DOWN FOR LARGER PHOTO’S. This item can be shipped worldwide.