Three: Private A. R. Leadbetter, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action with the 1st Battalion at Ypres in May 1915

1914-15 Star (Z-1669 Pte., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (Z-1669 Pte., Rif. Brig.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Alfred Robert Leadbetter), good very fine and better (4) £160-200

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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Alfred Robert Leadbetter, who was born in Pendleton, Salford, was killed in action on Frezenberg Ridge on 13 May 1915, while serving in the 1st Battalion. The following entry appears in the National Roll of Honour:

‘He volunteered in September 1914, and, after completing a period of training, was drafted to the Western Front in the following January. Whilst in France he took part in severe fighting at Neuve Chapelle, Hill 60 and Ypres, and gave his life for King and Country near La Bassee on 13 May 1915. He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star and the General Service and Victory Medals. He nobly fell that we might live. 23, Robinson Street, Regent Road, Salford.’

Leadbetter has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.