A WW1 1914/15 Star 'Battle of Arras P.O.W.' medal trio awarded to 11809 Pte E.W. Marsh, 'D' Company, 16th Battalion the West Yorkshire Regiment.

Edward Wallis/Wallace Marsh originally landed at Gallipoli on the 11th July 1915 with the West Yorkshire Regiment.

He later served on the Western Front with the West Yorkshire Regiment and during the Battle of Arras, Marsh was serving with ‘D’ Company, the 16th Battalion the West Yorkshire Regiment, when he was captured and taken as a Prisioner of War at Oppy, on the 3rd of May 1917. He was also listed as “Wounded” - War Office Daily List No.5337, 14th August 1917. Marsh was later released by the Germans and he survived the war.

The medals are loose on short lengths of original faint ribbons, sold with some copied research, and are as follows -

1914/15 Star, 11809 PTE E. W. MARSH. W. YORK: R.

Condition, very fine +