Three: Private T. Hamblin, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action with the 2nd Battalion on the “First Day of the Somme”

1914-15 Star (S-9204 Pte., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (S-9204 Pte., Rif. Brig.), good very fine (3) £200-250

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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Thomas Hamblin, who was born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, was killed in action on the Somme on 1 July 1916, while serving in the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.