Three: Private W. Booth, Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in action with the 6th Battalion on the Somme in November 1916

1914-15 Star (2916 Pte., Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2916 Pte., Ches. R.), good very fine (3) £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface.

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William Booth, who was born in Hyde, Cheshire, was killed in action on the Somme on 13 November 1916, while serving in the 1/6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment - his unit sustained 275 casualties in a dawn attack on St. Pierre Divion. Booth was 20 years of age, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.