Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Warrant Officer Class 2 J. Pape, Liverpool Regiment

1914 Star (2623 Pte., 10/L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2623 W.O. Cl. 2, L’pool. R.) good very fine and better (3) £100-140

Private J. Pape, 10th Battalion Liverpool Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 11 November 1914. He subsequently served in the Machine Gun Corps.

He was the Bombing Corporal of his battalion and was injured during Bombing practise in 1915, the Adjutant of the Liverpool Scottish, 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin Arkle reporting:
‘Regret to report following casualty 2623 L/Cpl J. Pape accidentally hurt by Bomb Splinter. Our Bombing Officer reports as follows that while engaged in Bombing practise this morning a small splinter flew back and hit this man in the arm. The accident was due to the man's carelessness as he was not taking sufficient cover behind the breastwork made at Battn Bombing Ground. The orders given to the men were to the effect that as soon as a bomb was thrown all men were to take cover close up behind the Sandbag Breastwork and to remain there until all danger from fragments had passed. This man who is our Bombing-Corporal apparently continued to stand up to watch the Bomb burst. He was taken to the 142nd Field Ambulance who removed the splinter but kept him. The accident is regretted. The Sandbag Breastwork is regulation height but I am adding another layer or two of S/bags to prevent if possible a similar occurrence’.