Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Second Lieutenant Edward Thomas Mobbs, 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment, late Honourable Artillery Company, killed in action, 7 May 1917

British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.) good very fine (2) £100-120

Edward Thomas Mobbs was born on 7 October 1895. As a Private in the Honourable Artillery Company, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 18 August 1915. On 28 February 1917 he was commissioned into the East Surrey Regiment. Serving with the 1st Battalion, he was killed in action on 7 May 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. He was the son of Edward and Annie Mobbs of 288 North End Road, Fulham. Prior to the war he was a Student of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star. With copied photograph and research.