A Great War 'P.O.W.' Pair awarded to Private James William Gedney, 1st/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, late West Yorkshire Regiment, who was taken as a prisoner of war in July 1918, and believed to have been killed, but having survived, later died as in Germany on 8 December 1918, comprising: British War and Victory Medals, 1914-1919 (34619 Pte. J. W. Gedney. W. York. R.); Pair swing-mounted on board for display, offered with two regimental cap badges and two shoulder titles, minor edge bruise to first, extremely fine (6) Private James William Gedney was born c.1898 in Whaplode, Lincolnshire, but enlisted for Great War service at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Serving initially with the West Yorkshire Regiment, then transferring to the 1st/4th Yorkshire Regiment, he was captured in July 1918 and taken prisoner of war. He was originally listed as ‘Missing’ or ‘Killed in Action’, but was in fact a P.O.W. Sadly, he later died on 8 December 1918, for reasons unknown (but mostly likely due to disease), and is remembered with honour at Niederzwehren Cemetery, Germany.

Estimate: GBP 80 - 120