Campaign Groups and Pairs 170


Five: Sergeant C. J. Rendle, 1/1st North Somerset Yeomany, later Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade


1914 Star, with clasp (740 Pte C. J. Rendle. 1/1 N. Som: Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. J. Rendle.); Defence Medal, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Capt. C. J. Rendle, Strathmere, 102 Haygate Road, Wellington, Salop’, with Under-Secretary of State for War enclosure; Russia, Empire, Medal of the Order of St. George, 4th Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘165165’, and the edge impressed (740 Sgt. C. J. Rendle. N. Som. Yeo. T.F.) generally very fine, scarce (5)


£800-£1,000


Russia, Empire, Medal of the Order of St. George, 4th Class London Gazette 25 August 1915: ‘For gallantry and distinguished service in the field.’


Clifton James Rendle resided at 11 Manilla Crescent, Weston-Super-Mare. He served during the Great War with the 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry in the French theatre of war from 2 November 1914. Rendle advanced to Sergeant, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in to the Rifle Brigade. He subsequently transferred as Lieutenant to the 6th Cheshire & Shropshire Medical Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery in July 1921. In later life he resided in Salop.


Sold with War Office letter forwarding the late claim of a clasp to the 1914 Star, dated 21 July 1914. 171 Three: Gunner T. F. Walden, Royal Garrison Artillery


1914 Star, with clasp (30979 Gnr: T. F. Walden. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (30979 Gnr. T. F. Walden. R. A.) minor edge bruise to BWM, very fine (3)


£80-£120


Thomas F. Walden attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery and served with the 4th Siege Battery during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 September 1914.


172 Three: Private W. J. Osborn, Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 1 February 1915


1914 Star, with clasp (5216 Pte. W. J. Osborn. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (5216 Pte. W. J. Osborn. C. Gds.); Memorial Plaque Walter James Osborn) in card envelope; Memorial Scroll ‘Pte. Walter James Osborn Coldstream Guards’, in scroll tube, addressed to ‘Mr. J. Osborn, 5 Kirby Road, Dunstable’, extremely fine (4)


£260-£300


Walter James Osborn, the son of Joseph Osborn, of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, attested for the Coldstream Guards, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 August 1914. He was killed in action on 1 February 1915, on which date the Battalion was at Cuinchy, northern France, alongside the Irish Guards. On the last day of January, the Germans attacked and took possession of trenches adjacent to the Irish Guards. It was of critical importance to retake these positions in order to re-establish the line and prevent the Germans from advancing to Calais. On the morning of 1 February the British opened the assault with an artillery barrage. The Coldstream Guards then swarmed over and attacked with fixed bayonets. Many men were mowed down by enemy machine-gun fire. Finally the Irish Guards followed up the attack, and it was during this latter attack that Michael O’Leary performed the heroic act that gained him the Victoria Cross.


Osborn was amongst those men killed, and he is buried in Cuinchy Communal Cemetery, France. 173 Three: Private T. V. Butt, 1/5th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)


1914 Star, with copy clasp (9712 Pte T. V. Butt. 5/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9712 Pte. T. V. Butt. 5- Lond. R.); Defence Medal, mounted for wear, nearly very fine or better (4)


£80-£100


Thomas V. Butt served during the Great War with the 1/5th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) in the French theatre of war from 4 November 1914.


174 Three: Leading Mechanic R. Foulkes, Royal Naval Air Service


1914 Star (F.453. R. Foulkes, A.M.I. GR. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (F.453 R. Foulkes. L.M. R.N.A.S.) mounted as originally worn, generally very fine or better (3)


£180-£220


Rupert Foulkes was born in Brighton, Sussex in June 1886. He was a photographic artist prior to enlisting in the Royal Naval Air Service as an Air Mechanic 1st Grade in September 1914. Foulkes advanced to Leading Mechanic in August 1917, and was demobilised in February 1919.


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