Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

Three: Private C. Cobb, 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action, Gallipoli, 10 August 1915
1914-15 Star (9314 Pte., Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9314 Pte., Wilts.)

Pair: Private R. F. Cobb, Dorsetshire Regiment
British War Medal 1914-20 (3025 Pte., Dorset. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (201237 Pte., Dorset. R.) this last with edge bruise, very fine and better (5) £160-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to the Wiltshire Regiment.

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Private Charles Cobb, 5th Battalion Witshire Regiment, entered the Balkan theatre of war on 30 June 1915. He was killed in action in Gallipoli on 10 August 1915, aged 18 years. His name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial; Salisbury City War Memorial and St. Paul’s Church War Memorial. He was the son of Ellen Elizabeth Cobb, of 105 Culver Street, Salisbury. With copied m.i.c. and casualty details. The two men are believed to be brothers.