Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance-Corporal O. Haynes, York and Lancaster Regiment, who was killed in action in March 1916
British War and Victory Medals (18311 Pte. O. Haynes. Y. & L. R.) together with cap badge and brass shoulder title, extremely fine

Pair: Private G. F. Hibbard, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in May 1917
British War and Victory Medals (6138 Pte. G. E. Hibbard. K.O.Y.L.I.) extremely fine (4) £80-£100

Oliver Haynes landed in France with the 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment on 1 May 1915, and is entitled to the 1914-15 star. He was killed in action in Belgium on 11 March 1916, and is buried in Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres. He was aged 26, son of William and Annie Haynes, of Sheffield, and husband of Ivy Haynes, of Sheffield.

George Edward Hibbard, Private, 2nd/5th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, was killed in action on 3 May 1917, aged 38, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.