WW1 Finsbury Rifles / Northumberland Fusiliers 1917 Casualty Medals

WW1 11th (Finsbury Rifles) /  Northumberland Fusiliers 1917 Casualty Pair of Medals.

Awarded to “76341 PTE A.W. BLACKMAN NORTH’D FUS”.

Comprising: British War Medal, and Victory Medal.

Private Alfred Walter Blackman was a native of Southwick and enlisted into the Northumberland Fusiliers at Camberwell, he later transferred to the 11th Bn (Finsbury Rifles) London Regiment and was given the number 100285. He was Killed in Action on the 29th September 1918. His number and regiment is confirmed on the medal index card and Soldiers died in the Great War.