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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 315

Three: Private J. Jordan, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action on 14 January 1915

1914 Star, copy clasp (9124 Pte. J. Jordan. 2/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-9124 Pte. J. Jordan. Suff. R.), good very fine (3)

John Jordan, a native of Wisbech, served in France from 15 September 1914 and was killed in action on 14 January 1915. On that day the Battalion were in the trenches at Vierstraat. Major-General Haldane visited the unit, which came under heavy shell fire at noon, killing Jordan and two further comrades, with three more being wounded. Jordan is commemorated upon the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and upon the Wisbech Memorial.

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Sold for
£180

Starting price
£130