Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. E. Challenger, Gloucestershire Regiment, who died of wounds received on the Somme, 28 July 1916

1914-15 Star (2629 Pte A. E. Challenger. Glouc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2629 Pte. A. E. Challenger. Glouc. R.) very fine and better (3) £60-80

Arthur Estwick Challenger was born on 25 September 1894 at Totterdown, Bristol, son of Edward Herbert and Sarah Rosa Challenger. He was employed as a carpenter before attesting for the Gloucestershire Regiment at Cheltenham. During the Great War he served with the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion in the French theatre of war from 29 March 1915 and died of wounds on 28 July 1916 at 9 General Hospital, Rouen. He was buried in St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.