A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties, Part 3 215 Family Group:
Three: Private T. Bailey, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date his battalion suffered over 550 casualties 1914-15 Star (2628 Pte. T. Bailey. R. War: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2628 Pte. T. Bailey. R. War. R.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Bailey) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. Thomas Bailey, Royal Warwickshire Regt.’, extremely fine
One: Private A. Bailey, Home Guard Defence Medal; together with the the recipient’s Home Guard Certificate, ‘A. Bailey’, extremely fine (6) £500-£700
Thomas Bailey was born in Birmingham and attested there for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He served with the 1st/8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 March 1915, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion, as part of the 48th (South Midland) Division, moved forward from Mailly-Maillet for an attack at Redan Ridge. The right of the assault took The Quadrilateral, passed through, and gained the support trench beyond. The left of the assault entered the German front line under heavy fire from Serre, but no further progress was made, and the force was compelled to withdraw to Mailly-Maillet, having suffered total casualties of 563.
Bailey was amongst those killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the British War and Victory Medals; a City of Birmingham named Memorial Card, signed by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham (and future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) ‘Neville Chamberlain’; and copied research. A. Bailey, brother of the above, served during the Second World War in the Home Guard from 1 May 1942 to 31 December 1944.
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Three: Private G. H. Loam, 15th (2nd Birmingham Pals) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 30 August 1916
1914-15 Star (929 Pte. G. H. Loam. R. War: R.); British War and Victory Medals (929 Pte. G. H. Loam. R. War. R.); Memorial Plaque (Gilbert Henry Loam) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. Gilbert Henry Loam, Royal Warwickshire Regt.’, extremely fine (5)
£160-£200
Gilbert Henry Loam was born in Reading, Berkshire, and attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Birmingham. He served with the 15th (2nd Birmingham Pals) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 November 1915, and was killed in action on the Somme on 30 August 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Sold with named Record Office enclosures; a hand-written letter from the recipient’s niece (dated 1994), recounting her memories of the recipient; and copied research.
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Three: Private W. Briggs, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date his battalion suffered over 750 officers and men killed or wounded, the greatest number of casualties to a single battalion on the first day of the Battle
1914-15 Star (21057 Pte. W. Briggs. W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (21057 Pte. W. Briggs. W. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Willie Briggs) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4) £400-£500
Willie Briggs was born in Pudsey, Yorkshire, and attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment in Leeds. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 September 1915, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Fricourt. Two companies moved forward at zero hour on the left of the assault, and cleared the enemy front lines with little loss. The supporting companies, however, met heavy fire, machine- guns having been brought from the dug-outs. The Regimental history records that the latter were almost annihilated, with total casualties of 22 officers and approximately 750 other ranks, the most casualties of any Battalion on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Briggs was amongst those killed, and is buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France. Sold with copied research.
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Three: Second Lieutenant C. W. Miller, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front at Hill 60 on the first day of the Battle of Messines, 7 June 1917
1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. C. W. Miller. W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. W. Miller.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Wilde Miller) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4)
£200-£240
Charles Wilde Miller was born in Whitechapel, Middlesex, on 14 December 1892 and was educated at King Edward’s Grammar School, Birmingham. He attested for the 3rd County of London Yeomanry in London on 18 October 1910, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the West Yorkshire Regiment on 13 February 1915. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 August 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60 on the first day of the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917, on which date the Battalion suffered 6 officers killed and nine wounded, and 253 other ranks killed, wounded, or missing. He is buried in Railway Dugout Burial Ground, Zillebeke, Belgium.
Miller is mention in the book ‘They Called it Passchendaele’, by Lyn Macdonald. Sold with copied research.
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