Campaign Groups and Pairs 224 Three: Private W. G. Scott, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
1914 Star (SR-8713 Pte W. G. Scott. 4/R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (SR.8713 Pte. W. G. Scott. R. Fus.) ‘9713’ on VM, nearly very fine (3)
£70-£90
William G. Scott served during the Great War with the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in the French theatre of war from 11 November 1914.
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Three: Second Lieutenant F. Abel, 3rd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, who was drowned as a result of a German U-Boat attack on the troopship S.S. Aragon, 30 December 1917 - one of 610 men to lose their lives during the torpedo attack
1914 Star (6352 L. Cpl. F. Abel. 1/Norf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. F. Abel.) very fine (3) £200-£300
Frederick Abel was born in Hardingham, Norfolk. He initially served during the Great War in the ranks with the 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment in the French theatre of war from 16 August 1914. Abel was subsequently commissioned in to the 3rd Battalion and drowned, 30 December 1917. On the latter date the Troopship S.S. Aragon arrived at Alexandria Harbour, having sailed from Marseilles on 17 December. She was laden with around 2,700 troops (including Abel) bound for the conflicts in Palestine. As she arrived in a convoy bound for the port, the rest of the ships sailed onwards to Alexandria and she lay up ten miles off shore, awaiting her escort. The 9588 tons of ocean liner drifted gently as she waited within sight of land but was torpedoed by the German Submarine and minelayer the UC-34.
The destroyer HMS Attack dashed to her rescue as she sunk quickly, as well as every available ship within reach. Many of the men rescued and taken onto the Attack had just stripped their oil drenched clothes from their bodies and laid on the deck when she too was torpedoed by the same submarine, almost blowing her in two.
The following day - New Years Eve - just as the rescue was called off, fleet auxiliary craft HMS Osmanieh also hit a mine in the area, taking another 197 soldiers and nurses down with her. Approximately 610 of the 2,700 passengers on board the Aragon were lost at sea - including Second Lieutenant Abel. He is commemorated at the Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery.
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Three: Lieutenant H. A. B. Harington, 3rd Battalion, attached 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, who was severely wounded at Ypres, 31 October 1914, and died of his wounds, 9 December 1914
1914 Star (Lieut. H. A. B. Harington. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. A. B. Harington) mounted for wear, good very fine (3)
£300-£400
Herbert Andrzej Biernacki Harington resided in Newport, Isle of Wight, and was ‘the only son of the late Herbert Septimus Harington, Director-General of Railway Construction in India, and a grandson of the late Colonel Thomas Lowth Harington, 5th Light Cavalry, who had the medals for Cabul, Sobraon, Gujerat, and Chillianwallah, where he was wounded.
Lieutenant Harington was born at Doonga Gali, Murree Hills, Punjab, India, on the 3rd August, 1888. He inherited his father’s ability as a mathematician. He also, even as a boy, showed great mechanical and scientific talent, and studied practical chemistry and electricity. After completing his education, which was carried out privately, because he was rather delicate - though eventually attaining over six feet in height, and being broad in proportion - he served on the Indian State Railways with his father for three years, and also surveyed the Shan States Railway in Burma and the Kyber Pass.
He joined the 3rd Battalion Hampshire Regiment in September, 1911, being promoted Lieutenant in June, 1913. He was attached to the 1st Battalion for active service, and went to the front in autumn of 1914 [29 September 1914]. He was in several small engagements, and was finally wounded at Ypres, between Ypres and Armentières, on 31st October. Writing home, he made light of his wound, but he died on the 9th November [sic], 1914, at Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth.
He was wounded in the left hip in the morning, and having been taken out of the trench it is reported that he struggled back to rally his men, and even after being put on the stretcher tried to get back, saying his duty was with his men.
Lieutenant Harington was a good rider and polo player, and keen on all sports, and when with the 1st Battalion of his regiment at Aldershot helped to train it for the cross-country race, which it won. He was a great favourite in Simla when he was in India.’ (The Bond of Sacrifice Vol. I refers)
Lieutenant Harington died of wounds, 9 December 1914, and is buried in Portsdown (Christ Chuch) Military Cemetery, Hampshire. 227 Three: Private T. Rising, 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Somme, 27 July 1916
1914 Star (8575 Pte T. Rising. 1/R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8575 Pte. T. Rising. R. Berks. R.) generally good very fine (3)
£140-£180
Thomas Rising was born in Bow, Middlesex. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 20 September 1914. Private Rising was killed in action on the Western Front, 27 July 1916. On the latter date the Battalion was serving as part of the 99th Brigade, 2nd Division on the Somme. Having moved into the line at Longueval and the Western portion of Delville Wood on 24 July 1916, they took part in the ‘attack at Delville Wood (27/7) - advanced from South Street to captured Princes Street. Casualties - 252. Withdrew to Mine Support - strength just 280 - 4 companies organised into 2.’ (British Battalions on the Somme by R. Westlake refers)
Private Rising is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. 228
Three: Private J. J. Edwards, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 April 1915
1914 Star (6-8964 Pte J. J. Edwards. 1/R.W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (S-8964 Pte. J. J. Edwards. R.W. Kent R.) generally very fine or better (3)
£100-£140
Joseph James Edwards was born in Woolwich, Kent. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment in the French theatre of war from 27 October 1914. Private Edwards was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 April 1915. On the latter date the Battalion suffered 107 killed, wounded or missing during the advance on Pilckem.
Private Edwards is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
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