The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Friedrich Heinrich Oldendorff) good very fine £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Friedrich Heinrich Oldendorff, a British subject, was promoted temporary Major in the 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 17 August 1915, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 July 1916. Seconded to the 13th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, he died of wounds on 1 September 1916, and is buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l’Abbe, Somme, France. In May 1917, following his death, his family changed their surname to Webb.