Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private H. W. Pincott, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action with the 11th Battalion during the “German Spring Offensive” in April 1918

British War and Victory Medals (S-18970 Pte., Rif. Brig.) the first with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine (2) £60-80

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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Henry William Pincott, who was born in Stepney, Middlesex, was killed in action in France on 1 April 1918, while serving in the 11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Aged 28 years, and the husband of Jemima, who was resident at Durban Road, West Ham, he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial on the Somme.