Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. C. Ingram, Worcestershire Regiment, killed in action at Ploegsteert Wood during the First Battle of Ypres, 7 November 1914

1914 Star, with copy clasp (13298 L. Cpl. H. C. Ingram. 3/Worc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (13298 Pte. H. C. Ingram. Worc. R.) good very fine (3) £140-180

Herbert Charles Ingram was born on 19 May 1895 in Hockley, Birmingham, the son of William and Ellen Ingram, of 154, Lodge Rd., Winson Green, Birmingham. An enameller of clock dials, he enlisted on 7 December 1912 and served with the 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914. He was killed in action at Ploegsteert, Ypres, on 7 November 1914, aged 19. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. He is also commemorated in the Birmingham Hall of Memory WW1 Remembrance Book.

The 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment moved in buses to Neuve Eglise on 1 November and took up position on east side of Ploegsteert Wood on 3 November 1914. The enemy attacked on 7 November, with ‘C’ Company overrun, survivors pulling back to Ploegsteert Wood, where the enemy was repulsed after a counter-attack. Heavy casualties in and around the wood resulted, and the Battalion suffered 78 fatal casualties on 7 November 1914.