Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Private H. Edwards, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action with the 13th Battalion in the Battle of Ancre in November 1916

1914-15 Star (S-3709 Pte., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (S-3709 Pte., Rif. Brig.), good very fine or better (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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Herbert Edwards, who was born in West Ham, Essex, but resident at Plaistow on his enlistment, first entered the French theatre of war in late July 1915, and was killed in action in the Battle of Ancre on 14 November 1916, while serving in the 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Aged 22 years, he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial on the Somme.