Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain F. H. Humby, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 9 November 1918
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. H. Humby) good very fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant C. C. T. Clayton, Gloucestershire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 19 July 1917
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. C. T. Clayton.) nearly extremely fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (2. Lieut. V. H. T. Boyton.; 677 Sowar Narayan Araokadam, Mysore L..rs.) ege bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, the first better (6) £100-£140

Frederick Harry Humby, of Pelshall, Staffordshire, attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant from the ranks on 26 July 1915. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 November 1916, and died of wounds, whilst attached to the 2nd/7th Battalion, on 9 November 1918, just two days prior to the Armistice. He is buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, France.

Charles Cam Thackwell Clayton, of Edgbaston, Birmingham, was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Gloucestershire Regiment on 27 October 1916. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds at Nieuport on 19 July 1917. He is buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Victor Henry Thompson Boyton, of Birmingham, was born in London on 13 April 1897 and was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, where he captained the school Cricket XI, and from where he gained a scholarship to Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 27 November 1916, and served with the 289th Siege Battery during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1917. He was killed in action on 31 May 1917, while returning from duty at an observation post, and is buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium. His Major wrote: ‘A promising career has been cut short by his death. He was loved by both officers and men of the battery.’

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