Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance-Corporal H. T. Chambers, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915

1914-15 Star (15091 L.Cpl. H. T. Chambers. Som: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (15091 Pte. H. T. Chambers. Som. L.I.) contact marks, very fine (3) £80-£120

Henry Thomas Chambers was born in London and attested there for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Transferring to the Somerset Light Infantry he served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 September 1915, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.