Orders, Decorations and Medals

Family group to brothers:

Pair: Private A. Thirlwall, Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in action with the 10th Battalion in France in May 1916

British War and Victory Medals (14157 Pte., Ches. R.), good very fine

Pair: Private S. Thirlwall, Cheshire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (27469 Pte., Ches. R.), good very fine

Three: Private F. Thirlwall, Manchester Regiment, who served in the 17th (2nd Pals) Battalion

1914-15 Star (9118 Pte., Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9118 Pte., Manch. R.), good very fine (7) £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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Albert Thirlwall, who was born in Manchester, but resident at Wilmslow, Cheshire at the time of his enlistment, was killed in action in France on 20 May 1916, while serving in the 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He was 27 years of age, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.