Campaign Groups and Pairs 198 Four: Private R. K. Childs, Lincolnshire Regiment


1914 Star (8045 Pte. R. K. Childs. 1/Linc: R.); British War Medal 1914-20, erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (8045 Pte. R. K. Childs. Linc. R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, good very fine (4)


£80-£120


Robert Key Childs, a native of Mansfield, attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 15 April 1918).


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Five: Private E. Cross, Welsh Regiment


1914 Star (9164 Pte E. Cross. 2/Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (9164 Pte. E. Cross. Welsh R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (3948936 Pte. E. Cross. Welch. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3948936 Pte. E. Cross. Welch R.) generally nearly very fine or better (5)


£140-£180 Ernest Cross served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment in the French theatre of war from 13 August 1914.


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Three: Private J. E. Streeter, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 10 November 1914


1914 Star (L-7987 Pte. J. Streeter. 1/Middx: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L. 7987 Pte. J. Streeter. Midd’x R.) very fine (3)


£140-£180


Jeremiah Emery Streeter was born in Croydon, Surrey in 1884 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment in London on 14 August 1902. He served with them in South Africa, China and Singapore before transferring to the Army Reserve on 13 August 1910. Having re- engaged for service on mobilisation on 5 August 1914, he served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 August 1914 and was killed in action in France on 10 November 1914. On the latter date the Battalion was occupying trenches in front of La Boutillerie, north-west of Le Masnil, where they were subjected to constant shelling with an almost daily roll of casualties.


Private Streeter was a former plate layer on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and was the son of John William and Eliza Streeter of Croydon and the husband of Lizzie Streeter of 4, Thirsk Road, South Norwood, London. He is buried in Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France where his grave is among those brought from Abbey Wall Cemetery, La Boutillerie, Fleurbaix - under the north wall of the ruined Chartreux Abbey. Here were buried 60 soldiers from the United Kingdom (including 46 of the 1st Middlesex who fell in October and November 1914).


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Three: Commander R. E. Gore, Royal Navy, who survived the sinking of H.M.S. Hogue, along with her sister ships Aboukir and Cressy, in the North Sea by the German submarine U-9, 22 September 1914, with the loss of 1,459 lives


1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. R. E. Gore, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. R. E. Gore. R.N.) mounted for display, good very fine (3)


£100-£140


Reginald Edward Gore was born in Edinburgh in June 1880, the son of Major-General Gore, and entered the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in July 1894. He advanced to Lieutenant Commander in April 1910, and served with H.M. Yacht Alexandra, November 1908 - August 1911.


Gore served during the Great War with the cruiser H.M.S. Hogue, who along with her sister ships Aboukir and Cressy were part of the 7th Cruiser Squadron engaged in blockade and patrol duties. All three were torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by the German submarine U-9 on 22 September 1914. The Aboukir was the first to be hit, at 06:20; her captain thought that she had struck a mine and ordered the other two ships to close in order to transfer his wounded men. The Aboukir quickly began listing and capsized, sinking at 06:50. Having approached, stopped, and lowered her boats, Hogue was struck by two torpedoes at 06:55 as she was attempting to rescue the survivors. She capsized and sank within twenty minutes. Cressy meanwhile attempted to ram the submarine, but did not hit anything and resumed her rescue efforts until she too was torpedoed at 07:20. She too took on a heavy list and then capsized before sinking at 07:55. Total losses from the three ships were 62 officers and 1,397 men killed.


Gore survived the attack, and was subsequently appointed as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Lowry at H.M.S. Columbine. He subsequently was employed assisting the District Captain, H.M. Coast Guard Kingstown. Gore retired as Commander in November 1918.


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