Auction Catalogue

5 & 6 December 2018

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Lot

№ 922

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6 December 2018

Hammer Price:
£220

Three: Second Lieutenant N. L. Oddy, Lancashire Fusiliers
1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. N. L. Oddy. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. N. L. Oddy.) good very fine

Memorial Plaque (James France), in card envelope of issue, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll (2) (L/Cpl. Richard Dawson, Lancashire Fusiliers.; Pte. Ben Cook, York and Lancaster Regt.) first mounted, second glazed and framed; together with a Town of Winsford Memorial Scroll, named ‘Private Joseph Baker, Lancashire Fusiliers’, good condition (lot) £80-£120

Norman Lee Oddy served as a Second Lieutenant with the Lancashire Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 January 1915. He was promoted temporary Lieutenant on 1 February 1916, and subsequently served as Captain and Adjutant of the 11th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment.

Several men with the name James France appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.

Richard Dawson was born in Hanley, Staffordshire, and attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Tunstall, Staffordshire. He served with the 18th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 12 December 1917), and was killed in action on 22 October 1917. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Ben Cook attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment at Sheffield, Yorkshire, and served with the 2nd/5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 3 May 1917, and having no known grave is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Joseph Baker attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Winsford, Cheshire, and served with the 2nd/6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 11 July 1917, and is buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium.