Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private H. A. Osborne, Rifle Brigade, who died of wounds while serving with the 1st Battalion in France in August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (S-23584 Pte., Rif. Brig.), good very fine and better (2) £50-70

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 Amos Osborne, who was born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, died of wounds in France on 11 August 1918, while serving in the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Aged 22 years, he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.