An 'Aberchirder' Banffshire, Jock's 'Killed-in-Action' Great War medal pair together with 'Memorial Plaque': Private James Moir, Machine Gun Section, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders

- British War Medal. Silver issue (S-43225 Pte. J. Moir. Gordons.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (S-43225 Pte. J. Moir. Gordons.)
- Memorial Plaque (James Moir)

Killed-in-Action: Private James Moir, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, 'Killed-in-Action', serving with British Expeditionary Force in France, on, 1 July 1917

The below following obituary was published in 'De Ruvigny's The Roll of Honour 1914-1918' (In 5 x volumes):

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MOIR, JAMES, Private, No. 43255, 1st Battn (75th Foot), Machine Gun Section, The Gordon Highlanders. Eldest s. of James Moir, of 32 Castle Terrace, Aberdeen, by his wife Mary Ann: b. Aberchirder, co. Banff, 29 April, 1894: Educ. York Street Public School, Aberdeen; was a Carter; enlisted, 21 March, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from, 29 July, 1916, and was killed in action 11 July, 1917. Buried at Beaumety, north-east of Bapaume; unm

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The memory of the life and supreme sacrifice of Private James Moir, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, on the Arras Memorial, located in the Pas de Calais, France

Medals Verification: The Great War medals all verified as entitled per the respective medal rolls of the Gordon Highlanders, as under:

- British War Medal. Silver issue: Reference WO 329/1660
- Interallied Victory Medal: Reference WO 329/1660

Sold together with some hard-copy photocopied research

The Memorial Plaque, sometime framed. The obverse of the plaque is EF, the blank reverse scoured

The Great War medals retaining lengths of original watered silk 'moire' ribands and the medals near pristine

Condition: Medals EF

Code: 22617