ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Campaign Groups and Pairs, A Great War Christmas 1917 Casualty Group in original glazed frame awarded to Private Jeans Percy Smith, 8th Battalion Somerset Light infantry comprising, British War and Victory Medals 1914-1920 (33181 Pte. J.H. Smith Som. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Jeans Percy Smith); Memorial Scroll (Pte. Jeans Percy Smith Somerset L.I.). Very fine. (3)
Private Jeans Percy Smith was Killed in Action in December 1917, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission giving the date as 28 December whilst Soldiers Died in the Great War records the date of 25 December. Pte Smith was the son of Mr and Mrs Albert Smith, of Devizes, he was the husband of Louisa Smith, of 3 Bath Road, Devizes, Wiltshire, he was 37 years old. He was formerly 44026 Private Devonshire Regiment. He is buried in Plot II, Row D, Grave 64 in Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, France. Sold with an original photograph of Pte Smith in uniform.
Estimate: £250-350