The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals 99


Three: Private J. Murphy, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, who died of wounds near Ste. Marguerite, on the Aisne, on 17 September 1914


1914 Star, with clasp (217 Pte. J. Murphy. 2/Lan: Fus.) in named card box of issue with transmission letter; British War and Victory Medals (217 Pte. J. Murphy. Lan. Fus.) in named card boxes of issue with transmission letters; Memorial Plaque (John Murphy) extremely fine (4)


£240-£280


John Murphy was born in 1885 and attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1904. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 August 1914, and died of wounds at a Field Ambulance near Ste. Marguerite on 17 September 1914.


Four days earlier his battalion had crossed the Aisne under heavy shell-fire at Venizel from where they advanced via Bucy-de-Long and through Ste. Marguerite to a wood just east of the village. From here they held positions under rifle and machine-gun fire from enemy trenches in front of Chivres and the western slopes of the Chivres Spur until relieved that night by the 2nd Manchesters. The battalion had sustained casualties of over 100 officers and men either killed, wounded or missing as a result of the operation.


John Murphy was the husband of Catherine Foster (formerly Murphy) and is buried in the North East corner of Ste. Marguerite Churchyard, France.


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Three: Lance Corporal E. J. Hinde, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was killed in action at St. Yves, near Messines, on 4 November 1914


1914 Star, with copy clasp (7872 Pte. E. J. Hind [sic]. 2/Lan: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (7872 Pte. E. J. Hinde. Lan. Fus.) good very fine (3)


£200-£240


Edmond John Hinde was born in 1878 at Pendleton, Lancashire and attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Manchester in February 1900. Having been mobilized on the outbreak of the Great War, he served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 7 October 1914. After seeing heavy fighting at Meteren and Le Touquet in October during the Battle of Armentières, the Battalion took over trenches on 2 November at St. Yves where Lance Corporal Hinde was killed by shelling on 4 November. Before moving on to Ploegseert Wood on 6 November, shelling had cost the battalion 1 officer and 4 other ranks killed and 19 other ranks wounded.


He was the son of John and Ida Hinde and the husband of Mary Hinde and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ploeegsteert Memorial, Belgium. He is also remembered on a memorial at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Latchford, Cheshire.


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Three: Private W. Willoughby, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was killed in action at the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914, the British Expeditionary Force’s first full day of fighting on the Western Front


1914 Star, with clasp (7975 Pte. W. Willoughby. 1/R. Sc: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (7975 Pte. W. Willoughby R.S. Fus.) good very fine (3)


£200-£240


William Charles Willoughby was born in 1887 at Reading, Berkshire. He first attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1904 and served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, disembarking at Havre in France as part of the British Expeditionary Force on 14 August 1914.


Entrenched at Jemappes on the south bank of the Mons-Conde Canal on 23 August, his battalion held off enemy attacks until 3pm, suffering 52 casualties (wounded or killed). In a more sanguinary version of events, Private James Hoskins, 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers, describes being one of a company of 224 men who, in their efforts to guard a bridge at Mons on 23 August, were engaged by an overwhelming force of Germans for over seven hours, and saw their Company reduced to nine men (copy of related newspaper cutting with lot).


Under increasing pressure, the Battalion withdrew at 3pm via Flenu to the northern edge of Frameries. The war diary describes how the Germans then attacked once more, opening fire from the coal dumps south of Frameries. Having had no time to entrench, a further 2 officers were killed and 100 other ranks killed or wounded.


Private Willoughby was reported missing, presumed dead after the fighting at Mons on 23 August 1914 and subsequently assumed killed in action on that date. He was the husband of Florence Hannah Willoughby, of Excelsior Villa, Church Road., Crowthorne, Berkshire and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.


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The 1914 Star awarded to Private C. Starkie, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was captured by the enemy at Mons on 23 August 1914 - the British Expeditionary Force’s first full day of fighting on the Western Front - and was held prisoner of war in Germany until after the armistice


1914 Star (9256 Pte. C. Starkie. 1/R. Scots: R.) good very fine £100-£140


Charles Starkie was born in 1888 at Bethnal Green, London and attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers in London in 1906. Transferring to the Reserve in 1913, he was mobilized following the outbreak of the Great War and served with the 1st Battalion overseas from 14 August 1914, disembarking at Havre in France as part of the 9th Brigade, 3rd Division in the British Expeditionary Force.


Entrenched at Jemappes on the south bank of the Mons-Conde Canal on 23 August, his battalion held off enemy attacks until 3pm, suffering 52 casualties (wounded or killed) before withdrawing via Flenu to the northern edge of Frameries. The battalion war diary describes how the Germans then attacked once more, opening fire from the coal dumps south of Frameries. Having had no time to entrench, a further 2 officers were killed and 100 other ranks killed or wounded.


Private Starkie was reported missing after the fighting on 23 August 1914 and was later confirmed to be a prisoner of war at Senne, Germany. He was wounded in the leg whilst incarcerated (ill-treatment) on 12 August 1918 and treated in Dormunde Hospital, Westphalia. Following the cessation of hostilities, he was repatriated on 27 November 1918 and was discharged Class Z on 29 March 1919.


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