Auction Catalogue

6 & 7 December 2017

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 1106

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7 December 2017

Hammer Price:
£220

Family Group:

Pair:
Captain L. F. Hepworth, Suffolk Regiment, taken Prisoner of War at Le Cateau, 26 August 1914, and died in captivity on 9 March 1917
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. L. F. Hepworth.) nearly extremely fine

Pair:
Sergeant B. G. Hepworth, 13th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
British War and Victory Medals (7005 A. Sjt. B. G. Hepworth. 13-Bn. A.I.F.) nearly extremely fine (4) £140-180

Lawrence Frederick Hepworth was born in London on 6 October 1882, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Sheldon Hepworth, City of London Volunteer Force, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Suffolk Regiment, on 20 May 1905, having previously served in the Militia. He was promoted Lieutenant on 2 July 1906, and was employed with the West Africa Frontier Force from 2 January 1909 to 28 March 1913. Promoted Captain on 2 March 1914, he served with the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front, landing in France on 15 August 1914. He was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Le Cateau on 26 August 1914 (also entitled to a 1914 Star with clasp). Held at Gutersloh Prisoner of War Camp, he died in captivity on 9 March 1917, and is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany.

Bernard Gilpin Hepworth was born in London in 1886, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Sheldon Hepworth, and the younger brother of Lawrence Frederick, and emigrated to Australia in 1910, becoming a school master. He attested for the Australian Infantry at Sydney, New South Wales, on 20 September 1916, and embarked for Europe at Sydney on 25 November 1916. He served during the Great War with the 13th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, being advanced Lance Corporal on 9 March 1917. He was discharged in England on 20 February 1919.