WW1 2nd Bn Scots Guards 1916 Casualty Medals & Original Letters.
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WW1 2nd Bn Scots Guards 1916 Casualty Medals & Original Letters.
Awarded to “11646 PTE H CORDINGLEY SCOTS GDS”
Comprising:
1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, each retaining original silk ribbons.
Forwarding Casualty Certificate 1914/15 Star.
Forwarding Casualty Certificate British War Medal and Victory Medal
Letter dated 14th April 1916 written to his wife by the Sister in Charge of the 17th Casualty Clearing Station
Letter dated 22nd April 1916 written by Hospital Chaplain A H Balleine
1914 Princess Mary Gift Tin which the medals and letters were discovered in.
A scarce and hard to find grouping of items
Guardsman Herbert Cordingley of Leeds served with the 2nd Battalion and landed in France on the 2nd April 1915. He was wounded in April 1916, a letter dated 14th April 1916 written to his wife by the Sister in Charge of the 17th Casualty Clearing Station states he is a little better and being moved to a Base Hospital. He died as a result of his wounds on the 20th April 1916. A letter dated the 22nd April 1916 written by the Hospital Chaplain A H Balleine states that he was buried on Good Friday.
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