ORIGINAL FULL SIZE WW1 1914-15 STAR, WAR MEDAL AND VICTORY MEDAL CORRECTLY NAMED TO 18945. KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. ORIGINAL WW1 TELEGRAM SENT TO RICHARD WOODCOCK, 57 PARSONAGE CRESENT, SHEFFIELD. REGRET REPORT 18945 BUGLER W WOODCOCK 9th YORKS LIGHT INFANTRY NOW DANGEROUSLY ILL 8 GENERAL HOSPITAL ROUEN FRANCE. GUNSHOT WOUND ABDOMEN AND PNEUMONIA CANNOT BE VISITED INFANTRY RECORDS YORK DATED 2nd JULY 1917. 9th Bn KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY FORMED AT PONTEFRACT SEPTEMBER 1914 AS PART OF K3. SUFFERED OVER 500 CASUALTIES ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SOMME. WILLIAM WAS PROBABLY INJURED DURING THE ARRAS OFFENSIVE. COPY OF MEDAL INDEX CARD CONFIRMING ISSUE OF 1914-15 STAR, WAR MEDAL, VICTORY MEDAL AND SILVER WAR BADGE. WILLIAM WOODCOCK SERVED BETWEEN 28/10/1914 – 26/6/1918 (DISCHARGED), SWB NUMBER 416515 THE MEDALS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, PLEASE SEE PHOTO`S. The item “WW1 MEDAL TRIO & ORIGINAL WOUNDED TELEGRAM, PTE WOODCOCK, YORKS L I, FROM SHEFFIELD” is in sale since Thursday, November 03, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “celtic_1966″ and is located in Gloucester. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Era: 1914-1945
- Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
- Service: Army
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
