Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (24799 Pte. H. J. C. Osborn, S. Wales Bord.) nearly extremely fine £60-80

Horace J. C. Osborn was born in Dedham, the son of Joseph William Osborn, High Street Dedham, Essex. He landed in Gallipoli on 21 July 1915 where the 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers fought at Scimitar Hill and suffered 300 casualties, they were then continually in the Front Line until sailing to Mudros on 8 January 1916. On 5 March 1916 the Battalion landed in France and on 1 July attacked Beaumont Hamel. They left their Start Line at Zero Hour and were cut down by machine gun fire, most in the leading waves did not get farther than their own wire and those that reached the German line were quickly killed. The Battalion lost 300 casualties and among those killed was Horace Osborn. His body was not recovered and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial and on the Dedham War Memorial. With copied m.i.c. and other research.