Rachel and medals

Medals donated to the Museum of Cannock Chase

John Alfred Hallum fought in the South Staffordshire Regiment and died in January 1919. He was 21 years old.

The son of George and Sarah E. Hallum of Brindley Heath, Private Hallum is buried in Cannock Cemetery and is mentioned on the Hednesford War Memorial.

Dave Bevington, aged 55, a manager at an engineering company in Toronto, bought the medals online and has now donated them to the Museum of Cannock Chase.

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