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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 447

Pair: Private L. A. Banyard, 2/15th Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles), who was killed in action in Palestine in November 1917

British War and Victory Medals (5033 Pte. L. A. Banyard, 15-Lond. R.), with Record Office forwarding letter, dated 26 November 1921, and registered envelope, extremely fine (2)

Lewis Alexander Banyard first entered a theatre of war in 1916, or later and was present at the Third Battle of Gaza when the 2/15th London Regiment formed part of 179th Brigade. On 6 November 1917, the Battalion attacked a trench system to the south-west of Tell esh Sheria, capturing it with some opposition before the Turkish defenders withdrew to the stronger position at Hariera. Pursuing the retreating Turks, Banyard was killed in action at Khirbit Muntaret on 8 November 1917.

Aged 26, and the son of William and Eliza Ellen Banyard of 'The Hill', Langport, Somerset, he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial; sold with a photograph - and two negatives - of his inscription on the Jerusalem Memorial.


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Sold for
£130