Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private Edward Holgate, 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action on the first day of the Somme

1914 Star, with clasp (10164 Pte. E. Holgate, 1/W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10164 Pte. E. Holgate, W. York. R.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Edward Holgate), good very fine and a rare casualty (4) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late John F. Goodwin.

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Private Edward Holgate, 1st/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in action on 1 July 1916, one of only 12 killed in this battalion on the first day of the battle of the Somme. He was the son of Joseph Edward and Ada Holgate, of Keighley, Yorkshire, and is commemorated by name on the Thiepval Memorial.