A Small Heath, Knowle, Solihull, Warwickshire interest Great War 'Passchendaele / Polygon Wood' Killed-in-Action medal pair: Lance-Corporal Richard Andrews, 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment

- British War Medal. Silver issue (19704 Pte. R. Andrews. R.War.R.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (19704 Pte. R. Andrews. R.War.R.)

Killed-in-Action: Lance-Corporal Richard Andrews 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, is confirmed 'Killed-in-Action', in Belgium, at Polygon Wood, during the Battle of Passchendaele (Third Ypres), on 9 October 1917

The body of Richard Andrews was recovered from the battlefield, and now lies buried at the Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Belgium, where the memory of his life, services and supreme sacrifice, is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Medals Verification:  The Great War medals both verified, as the recipients full posthumous medal entitlement for the Great War, per the respective medal rolls of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, referenced as under:

- British War Medal: WO 329/735. Roll shows served with 2nd Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment 
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/735. Roll show served with 2nd Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment 

Each medal retaining their original long lengths of silk moire riband. The medals stitched / sewn by cotton thread to the long ribands

The medals in choice condition, with attractive patina to the BWM and the Interallied Victory Medal virtually pristine

Condition: EF

Code: 25486