*An Officer’s Great War Territorial Decoration Group of 4 awarded to Major James Clare Wynne, 4th (Territorial) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, who served in Egypt during the defence of the Suez Canal Zone in 1915, and on the Western Front during the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917. He later served on Special Appointment with the General Staff towards the end of the Great War in 1919, comprising:1914-15 Star (Capt. J.C. Wynne. E. Lan. R.);British War and Victory Medals, 1914-1919 (Capt. J.C. Wynne.);Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, reverse bearing hallmarks for London dated 1919;Medals held individually in a fitted, glazed bronze and red leather frame bearing the insignia of the East Lancashire Regiment above, with a central photographic portrait of the recipient, signed ‘Rudeni’, and large silver cigarette case, bearing regimental insignia (details faded from polishing), engraved to one side ‘Captain J. C. Wynne. / from the Subalterns of the / 4th East Lancashire Regiment, Blackburn.’ 4th Sept. 1913.’, bearing hallmarks for Birmingham, this heavily polished with some wear & minor dents to corners; medals good extremely fine (5). Major James Clare Wynne (1882-1926) was born on 7 October 1882 at Liverpool, Lancashire, the son of Lewis George Wynne and Jane Elle Wynne (née Kay), being baptised the following year in Blackburn. He enlisted for service as a Second Lieutenant with the 1st Volunteer Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment on 12 July 1905, and was promoted to Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion on the 1st of April 1908, while also working as a Gas Engineer, as recorded in the 1911 Census. During the Great War he remained with the 4th (Territorial) Battalion, which took part in the defence of the Suez Canal Zone against numerous attacks by Turkish forces in 1915, and which later travelled to France & Flanders in early 1917 for service on the Western Front, taking part in the Third Battle of Ypres. Late in the war he was given a Special Appointment on the General Staff on 4 March 1919, and appears to have retired from further service in 1921. Returning to Blackburn, he later died on 29 August 1926. Worthy of further research.

Estimate: GBP 300 - 400