Watch List notes:

A Great War Pair and Memorial Plaque awarded to Private John Whalley, 3rd / 5th (T) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, late A.S.C., killed in action during an attack on the Passchendaele Ridge, near Poelcappelle, on the 9th of October 1917, comprising: British War & Victory Medals (39117 Pte. J. Whalley. Lan. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (John Whalley); medals loose, toned, extremely fine (3). Private John Whalley, of 78 Coddington Street, Blackburn, was born c. 1897 and enlisted for WWI service in September 1916 initially with the A.S.C. Soon after he was transferred for service with his home regiment - The Lancashire Fusiliers, finding his way to the Western Front in June 1917. As part of the 197th Brigade, Private Whalley was present with the 3/5th during a planned attack to finally capture the railway line on the Passchendaele Ridge, on 9 October, 1917. The 3/5th led the Brigade on the day of the attack, and 307 men were killed in action; 247 of them having no known grave. It was on this same day that Private Whalley was killed in action at the age of 20, and is commemorated at the Tyne Cot Memorial. Offered with original O.H.M.S. envelope for the Memorial Plaque, entry from the Blackburn Times, dated 10 November 1917, and some relevant research.