The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals 67
Three: Private A. E. Moody, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action in the attack on the Chivy Spur, during the operations on the Aisne, on 14 September 1914
1914 Star, with clasp (8136 Pte. A. E. Moody. 1/Norf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8136 Pte. A. E. Moody. Norf. R.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Edward Moody) good very fine or better (4)
£240-£280
Albert Edward Moody was born in 1893 at Plaistow, Essex and enlisted for the Norfolk Regiment in London in 1910. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front arriving at Havre on 16 August.
Having advanced to positions along the railway line south of the Mons Condé Canal on 23 August, his battalion was withdrawn to Dour on the 24th and later sent forward again to positions west of Elouges, with the battalion’s right on the Elouges-Quièvrain railway line and the 1st Cheshires occupying the ground west towards Audregnies. Attacked by a numerically superior enemy, Colonel Ballard ordered a retirement towards Bavai - an order which unfortunately failed to reach the Cheshires also under his command. The Norfolks lost 4 officers killed, 4 officers wounded and approximately 250 other ranks killed, wounded or missing but their short stand at Elouges and the sacrifice of the Cheshires had bought valuable time for the rest of the British Expeditionary Force during the retreat from Mons.
The 1st Norfolks were in a holding position two days later at Le Cateau and the following month fought at the Marne and the Aisne. During the latter operations, Private Moody was killed in action on 14 September 1914 as the Battalion attacked the enemy positions on the Chivy Spur - over 100 men of the battalion were killed, wounded or reported missing as a result of this action.
Private Moody was the son of George and Maria Moody of 13 Bathurst Avenue, Merton Park, Surrey. Initially he had no known grave and was named on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Marne, France. His remains were later identified however and lie buried in Montcornet Military Cemetery, France.
Sold together with the recipient’s damaged Imperial War Graves Commission Scroll (La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial).
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Three: Corporal R. Gray, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action during the Battle of La Bassée on 30 October 1914
1914 Star, with copy clasp (7116 L. Cpl. R. Gray. 1/Norf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7116 Cpl. R. Gray. Norf. R.) nearly extremely fine (3)
£160-£200
Robert Gray was born at Snape, Suffolk in 1885 and attested for the Norfolk Regiment on 2 November 1905. In 1911 he was ranked Lance Corporal and stationed at Belgaum, India with the 2nd Battalion.
Gray served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, arriving at Havre on 16 August. Having advanced to positions along the railway line south of the Mons Condé Canal on 23 August, the battalion was withdrawn to Dour on the 24th and later sent forward again to positions west of Elouges, with the battalion’s right on the Elouges-Quièvrain railway line and the 1st Cheshires occupying the ground west towards Audregnies. Attacked by a numerically superior enemy, Colonel Ballard ordered a retirement towards Bavai - an order which unfortunately failed to reach the Cheshires also under his command. The Norfolks lost 4 officers killed, 4 officers wounded and approximately 250 other ranks killed, wounded or missing but their short stand at Elouges and the sacrifice of the Cheshires had bought valuable time for the rest of the British Expeditionary Force during the retreat from Mons.
The 1st Norfolks were in a holding position two days later at Le Cateau and the following month fought at the Marne and the Aisne, suffering over 100 casualties in the attack on the Chivy Spur at the latter. Having moved north with his battalion in October to the La Bassée front, Corporal Gray was killed in action on 30 October 1914 during a period in which his Brigade had been holding a line just east of Festubert and Givenchy under heavy bombardments and infantry attacks. He was the son of Frederick and Mary Elizabeth Gray of Cross Street, Hoxne, Diss, Norfolk and, having no known grave, is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.
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Three: Private T. J. Curtis, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action near La Bassée on 4 November 1914
1914 Star, with copy clasp (6459 Pte. T. J. Curtis. 1/Norf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (6459 Pte. T. J. Curtis. Norf. R.) nearly extremely fine (3)
£200-£240
Thomas James Curtis was born in 1882 in East Runton, Norfolk and attested for the Norfolk Regiment at North Walsham on 27 January 1903. Recalled from the Reserve on the outbreak of the Great War, he served with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front from 22 August 1914 and would have been with the first reinforcement group under Lieutenant A. C. O’Connor which joined the Battalion at Tournans, 20 miles south east of Paris, on 5 September. Ending its retreat, the 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment fought at the Marne and the Aisne - suffering over 100 casualties in the attack on the Chivy Spur at the latter - and moved north in October to the La Bassée front.
Private Curtis was killed in action on 4 November 1914 during a period in which the 15th Brigade had been holding a line just east of Festubert and Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée under heavy bombardments and infantry attacks. He was the husband of Hannah Curtis and having no known grave is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.
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