United Kingdom. A First War Gallipoli Campaign Memorial Plaque, 3Rd Battalion, Australian Infantry Aif Auction Coldstream Guards (white embroidered lettering

Coldstream Guards (white embroidered lettering on a red wool base

the reverse of the overlapping front opening panels have brown leather reinforcement strips to each side

when he was Killed in Action during the Dieppe Raid on August 19

his unit was embedded with Army Group North and was engaged in combat during Operation Bagration

2nd Class for Twenty-Five Years' Service (silvered bronze and black enamels

United Kingdom. A First War Gallipoli Campaign Memorial Plaque, 3Rd Battalion, Australian Infantry Aif Auction Coldstream Guards (white embroidered lettering(JOHN MEYRICK ROBERTS). In bronze, very fine. Footnote: 968 Private John Meyrick Roberts was the son of Frederick Diprose Roberts and Jane Roberts of Ruahangate, Whangarel, New Zealand. He was a native of Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia. Private Roberts was with the 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry AIF when he was killed while in action during the Turkish assault on Owens Gully by the 48th Turkish Regiment, on Wednesday, May 19, 1915, at the age of