Western Front German Spring Offensive Great War and Memorial Plaque awarded to Private W.A. Perry, 151st Company, Machine Gun Corps who saw service on the Western Front before dying of wounds on 21st April 1918. He is now buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
Pair and Plaque; British War Medal and Victory Medal; (46014 PTE. W.A. PERRY. M.G.C.) Great War Memorial Plaque; (WILLIAM ALFRED PERRY).
Condition: Nearly Extremely Fine
Along with:
Card box of issue for British War Medal pair.
O.H.M.S. envelope addressed to Mr. P.S. Perry, 7 Clyde Terrace, Victoria Road, Bedminster.
Medal forwarding slip to No. 46014 Private William Alfred Perry for his British War Medal and Victory Medal
Forwarding slip for Memorial Plaque
A postcard image of 13 Machine Gun Corps at camp
A superb postcard image of Perry behind a Machine Gun,
Small photograph of Perry in uniform.
An original photograph of 4 headstones which represent 24 soldiers including Pte. W.A. Perry, 151st Company, Machine Gun Corps.
Forwarding letter from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission including the above photograph and stating it was taken of Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
William Alfred Perry was born in Bedminster, Gloucestershire and enlisted in Bristol subsequently seeing service with the Machine Gun Corps on the Western Front where he would die of wounds on 21st April 1918 whilst serving with 151st Company, Machine Gun Corps, now being buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
