Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Major T. M. Foote, 8th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action at Ypres on 10 July 1917

1914-15 Star (Capt., L. N. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major) mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine (3)
£350-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Old Collection of Medals Relating to The Great War.

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Trevor Mawdsley Foote was born on 30 January 1877 and educated at St. Edward’s School, Oxford. He was appointed a Lieutenant in the 50th Gordon Highlanders of Canada on 2 December 1914 but was discharged in March 1915 in order to take up a commission in the Imperial Forces. As a Captain in the 8th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war. Whilst leading his men in a bayonet charge, he was wounded in action at Vimy Ridge, 22 May 1916 - suffering two machine bullet wounds to the buttocks. Recovering, he was able to return to active service. As a Major with the 8th Battalion, he was killed in action at Ypres on 10 July 1917, aged 40 years.

His Colonel wrote of him to his parents, ‘I cannot tell you how much I regret his loss. It is a very great one to me personally, and to the whole battalion. He was always cheerful, keen in his work, and an example of coolness under fire. His place will be very hard to fill. The battalion has suffered no greater loss than that of Major Foote since it first came to France. His death has been a great shock to us, and your loss is shared by us all. Major Foote loved and cared for his men.’

He was buried in the Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, West Vlaaderen, Belgium. Trevor Mawdsley Foote was the son of the Rev. Lundy Edward William and Ann Foote, of St. Peter’s Vicarage, Harrogate.

With copied service papers and m.i.c.