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Three: Lance-Corporal H. V. Steedman, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, who was killed in action when his battalion was overwhelmed by the Prussian Guard near Gheluvelt Wood, during the First Battle of Ypres, on 11 November 1914
1914 Star (6035 L. Cpl. H. V. Steedman. S. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (6035 Pte. H. V. Steedman. S. Gds.) nearly extremely fine (3)
£200-£240
Herbert Valentine Steedman was born in 1891 at Penge, Surrey and attested for the Scots Guards in London as a Boy in 1905. He was in Egypt from September 1912 until January 1913 and following the outbreak of the Great War he served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 13 August 1914. Having fought on the Aisne in September, the 1st Scots Guards entrained for Hazebrouck and saw heavy action at Zandvoorde and Gheluvelt in late October.
Dug in between Gheluvelt and Veldhoek in early November, the battalion held their position under continuous bombardment and attack. The regimental history records that the Prussian Guard then attacked through Veldhoek on 11 November and captured some trenches of the 1st Brigade. Holding a farm near Gheluvelt Wood, the 1st Scots Guards were then overwhelmed after a period of heavy fighting and the only survivors - Captain Stracey and 69 men - withdrew to Hooge.
Private Steedman was reported missing on 11 November 1914 and later confirmed killed in action. He was the son of the late James and Margaret Steedman and the husband of Ada M. Hughes (formerly Steedman), of Beckenham Park Lodge, Beckenham Hill, Kent. Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
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Three: Lance-Sergeant R. W. Ranger, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, who was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres in October 1914
1914 Star, with clasp (7126 L. Sjt. R. W. Ranger. S. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (7126 Cpl. R. W. Ranger. S. Gds.) nearly extremely fine (3)
£200-£240
Reginald William Ranger was born in 1893 at Bathampton, Somerset and attested for the Scots Guards at Devizes in July 1908. Having been appointed Lance Sergeant in April 1914, he served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1914 and was killed in action near Ypres between 20 and 26 October 1914.
The 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers had moved up to Kruiseecke, in the Ypres sector, under heavy shell-fire on 20 October before withdrawing later in the day to Zandvoorde. The following day they were in action around Hollebeke Chateaux and over the next few days, with the companies of the battalion becoming dispersed between Polygon Wood, and Kruiseecke, they suffered heavy casualties, with F Company in particular being heavily shelled on 24 October and most of the company being buried alive or taken prisoner. Severe losses were incurred again at Kruiseecke on 25 October as the battalion became surrounded and the survivors, numbering 12 officers and 460 other ranks, then retired to Hooge.
Lance Sergeant Ranger’s date of death was deemed for official purposes to be 26 October 1914. He was the son of William and Susannah Ranger of 14 Southgate, Devizes and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
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Three: Guardsman F. Daily, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, who died of wounds on 15 November 1914
1914 Star, with clasp (6975 Pte. F. Daily. S. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (6975 Pte. F. Daily. S. Gds.); Memorial Plaque (Frank Daily) good very fine (4)
£240-£280
Frank Daily was born in 1889 at Coatbridge, Lanarkshire and attested for the Scots Guards on 30 January 1908. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1914 and died on 15 November 1914 from wounds received in action. The previous day his Battalion had relieved the 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers in trenches at La Cordonerie Farm near Fromelles.
Frank Daily (surname spelt Dailey by the CWGC) was the husband of Mrs Amelia Elizabeth Daily of May Cottage, Market St., Ventnor, Isle of Wight and he is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.
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The 1914 Star awarded to Private J. Burke, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards, who was captured at Ypres on 12 November 1914
1914 Star (2967 Pte. J. Burke. Ir: Gds.) final digit of number officially corrected, good very fine £100-£140
James Burke was born in 1883 at Tipperary, Ireland. He attested for the Irish Guards on 18 February 1908 and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 September 1914. His battalion was involved in fighting throughout the First Battle of Ypres taking part in all the major actions, including Langemarck and Gheluvelt and suffering huge casualties while defending Klein Zillebeke, 1-8 November. Burke was captured at Ypres on 12 November - a day on which the Irish Guards left the fighting around Chateau Hooge and moved to woods on the Gheluvelt Road to dig in just west of Veldhoek. He was held prisoner of war initially at Limburg, Netherlands and later at Giessen, Germany.
Private Burke was discharged on 15 March 1919, surplus to military requirements (having suffered impairment since entry into the service) and he was awarded a Silver War Badge.
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