Three: Private F. Norman, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was reported missing, presumed dead, following a counter attack on Wytschaete on 1 November 1914

1914 Star, with clasp (7865 Pte. F. Norman. 1/Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7865 Pte. F. Norman. Linc. R.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Norman) neat holes drilled in the plaque at 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock for mounting, otherwise extremely fine (4) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals.

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Frederick Norman was born in 1886 at Bow Brickhill, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment in 1906. He served in the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914 and was reported missing, presumed dead on or since 1 November 1914.

His battalion had already fought and incurred heavy casualties (unusually for a single battalion) at all the major battles of 1914 - Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne, the Aisne, la Bassée, Messines and Armentières - prior to their taking part in a counter attack on Wytschaete on 1 November 1914 as the Battle of Messines began to merge with the First Battle of Ypres.

Private Norman was deemed, for official purposes, to have been killed in action on 1 November 1914. The son of George and Annie Norman of Bow Brickhill, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, he has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.