Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 21101 - Orders, Decorations and Medals e-Auction No. 2 - including Masonic Jewels
Lot: 35

Victory Medal 1914-19 (13425 Pte. J. Martin. Suff. R.), very fine

John Martin was the son of Thomas and Florence Martin of Sycamore Cottage, Southwold, Suffolk. Martin enlisted into 'B' Company, 9th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment at Ipswich in September 1914. He arrived in France on 31 August 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos on 26 September 1915, aged 18. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, his name also appears on the Southwold War Memorial; sold with copied research, photographs and MIC.

Recipient also entitled to the 1914-15 Star and British War Medal.


Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£25

Starting price
£10