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26 & 27 September 2018

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Lot

№ 947

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27 September 2018

Hammer Price:
£130

Pair: Private W. H. Barnes, Liverpool Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (74028 Pte. W. H. Barnes. L’pool R.) regiment officially corrected (adjustment confirmed on medal index card), good very fine

Pair:
Private J. R. Ingham, Manchester Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (3933 Pte. J. R. Ingham. Manch. R.) good very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (3626 A.W.O.CL.2 T. R. Morris. L’pool R.; 79818 Pte. H. Palmer. L’pool R.; 26466 Pte. G. Lomas. Manch. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (2714 Pte. W. Wade. L’pool R.; 356498 Pte. H. Paton. L’pool R.; 31797 Pte. T. Muldoon. Manch. R; 6724 Pte. R. E. Brunton. Manch. R) very fine or better (11) £100-140

William Herbert Barnes served with the King’s (Liverpool Regiment) and later transferred to the Labour Corps.

James Richard Ingham served on the Western Front with the 1/6th (Rifle) Battalion Manchester Regiment.

Thomas Robert Morris served on the Western Front with the 2/7th Battalion King’s (Liverpool Regiment), attaining the rank of Warrant Officer Class 2. In 1918, as a Sergeant, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, while attached to 171st Light Trench Mortar Battery (London Gazette 17 June 1918).

Harry Palmer enlisted on 6 December 1915 and served overseas with the King’s (Liverpool Regiment). After returning home, he was first transferred to the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry and then to the Labour Corps. He was discharged from the army on 9 August 1918, no longer physically fit for active service, due to sickness.

George Lomas served on the Western Front with the 16th (Service) Battalion (1st City), Manchester Regiment and was later transferred to the 8th (Service) Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

William Stanley Wade, a native of Liverpool, enlisted on 8 September 1914 and served on the Western Front with 1/5th Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment), landing in France on 21 February 1915. He was killed in action on 16 May 1915 when his battalion attacked Richebourg L’Avoue during the Battle of Festubert:
‘At about 8.00 a.m. the 4 companies went over and almost immediately were met by heavy rifle and machine gun, only a few men got as far as halfway across the 250 yard stretch of no man’s land. The attack faltered with the survivors withdrawing back to their start line, some during the day light but more after darkness. During the day too their positions were shelled twice – at mid-day and between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m., causing more casualties. Many wounded were stranded in no man’s and there were many gallant attempts to rescue them… Casualties for the period 15-18 May were officers 2 killed in action and 11 wounded; other ranks 41 killed in action, 21 missing and 265 wounded.’
Wade has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.

Hugh Paton, a native of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, enlisted in July 1915 and served on the Western Front with the 2/10th (Scottish) Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment), landing on 19 February 1917. He was later posted to the 1/10th (Scottish) Battalion

Thomas Muldoon first served in India with the 1st Garrison Battalion Manchester Regiment, later being transferred to the 2nd Garrison Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who were also stationed in India. In March 1917, the battalion then moved to Mesopotamia, where it remained until after the end of the war.

Richard Ebor Brunton, a resident of Manchester, enlisted into the 16th (Service) Battalion (1st City) Manchester Regiment on 1 September 1914 and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion, landing in France on 8 November 1915. He later moved with his battalion to Mesopotamia, landing on 8 January 1916 and remained there until December 1917, when he returned home. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in February 1918 and after training as a wireless operator, he served with 112 Squadron and 143 Squadron from February 1919.