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Three: Private T. Hambly, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 21 November 1914
1914 Star, with copy clasp (8075 Pte T. Hambly. 1/D. Of Corn: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8075 Pte. F. Hambly. D. Of Corn. L.I.) good very fine (3)
£180-£220
Frederick Hambly was born in Lanreath-Looe, Cornwall. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on the Western Front, and was killed in action, 21 November 1914. On the latter date the Battalion were in the trenches at Lindenhoek, Ypres Salient, to the west of Messines and near Mont Kemmel. Private Hambly is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
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Three: Private A. Freeman, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War during the Great War
1914 Star, with clasp (8456 Pte. A. Freeman. 1/D. Of Corn: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8456 Pte. A. Freeman. D. Of Corn. L.I.) minor edge bruising, generally very fine (3)
£180-£220
Alfred Freeman enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Bodmin in August 1906. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion in the French theatre of war from 21 August 1914, and was taken prisoner of war.
Freeman was employed as a clay worker in later life, and lived at Central Avenue, St. Austell, Cornwall.
Sold with photocopies of original Prisoner of War documents - a Red Cross POW Christmas Card addressed to recipient at Lager 17, Hameln, Hannover, dated 15 December 1917 and recipient’s Auswieskarte.
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Three: Sergeant W. J. Bannister, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment, who was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on 14 March 1915
1914 Star, with copy clasp (L-10714 Cpl. W. J. Bannister 2/Middx: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L. 10714 Sjt. W. J. Bannister. Midd’x R.); Memorial Plaque (William James Bannister) in card envelope, good very fine (4) £180-£220
William James Bannister was born in Hampstead, London and attested for the 5th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Militia) on 11 September 1905 giving his age as 18 years and 1 month. He transferred to the regular army and in 1911 was serving as a Lance Corporal with the 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, stationed at Guadaloupe Barracks at Bordon, East Hampshire. Based in Malta at the outbreak of war in August 1914, the 2nd Battalion returned to England the following month. Shortly thereafter they were ordered to France, Bannister arriving there with his Battalion on 7 November 1914.
Bannister was killed in action on 14 March 1915 at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. The 2nd Middlesex, together with the 2nd Cameronians, had sustained particularly heavy casualties in this, their first major action of the war. Another Sergeant of the 2nd Middlesex, William Siddons, who was injured during the attack, gave the following account to the Daily Record on 19 March 1915: ‘The bombardment ceased at five minutes past eight, and the infantry attack was opened…the first German trench was eighty yards away. “As we rushed forward,” he said, “we could only see heads and bayonets, but one brave German officer mounted the parapet of his trench and was immediately shot in the stomach.” “The losses on both sides were terrible. The German trenches were a terrible sight. They were filled with dead. We suffered badly as well. Neither our first nor our second platoon reached the German trenches, but the others took about two hundred prisoners. The 2nd Middlesex had about 750 casualties, and only four of our officers were uninjured; Colonel Hayes was wounded by shrapnel. I was shot in the foot during the charge.”’
The Army Register of Soldiers’ Effects gives Bannister’s date of death as 10 March 1914, the date of the initial attack. He was most likely reported missing in action on that date and later given an official date of death of 14 March 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.
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Five: Corporal F. S. Wood, Royal Army Medical Corps
1914 Star, with copy clasp (1 Pte. F. S. Wood. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1 Pte. F. S. Wood. R.A.M.C.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7251274 Cpl. F. S. Wood. R.A.M.C.) contact marks and worn in parts, generally nearly very fine and a low regimental number! (5)
£240-£280
Frederick S. Wood attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps, with Regimental number ‘1’, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914.
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Three: Company Sergeant Major T. F. Howes, 1/13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Kensingtons), who was killed in action on the Western Front, 9 April 1917
1914 Star (1417 Cpl. T. F. Howes. 1/13 Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1417 W.O. Cl. 2 T. F. Howes. 13 - Lond. R.) good very fine (3)
£100-£140
Thomas Frederick Howes served during the Great War with the 1/13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Kensingtons) on the Western Front from 3 November 1914. He advanced to Company Sergeant Major, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 9 April 1917.
Company Sergeant Major Howes was buried in the Beaurains Road Cemetery, north west of Neuville-Vitasse, however, the graves at the cemetery were destroyed by shellfire, and he is now commemorated at the London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse.
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