Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant O. N. Tugwell, 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion attached 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, late Lance Corporal, 19th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (2nd Public Schools), who died of wounds on the Western Front, 22 April 1917

1914-15 Star (1006 L Cpl. O. N. Tugwell. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. O. N. Tugwell.) good very fine (3) £140-£180

Oswald Norman Tugwell was born in Tunbridge Wells, and was the son of the Reverend L. S. Tugwell of 17 Nassington Road, Hampstead Heath, London. He was employed as a Master at Lindley School, Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire, and initially served during the Great War with the 19th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (2nd Public Schools) in the French theatre of war from November 1915. Tugwell was commissioned Second Lieutenant (on probation) in the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment in August 1916.

Tugwell was subsequently attached to the 1st Battalion, and was serving with them when he died of wounds on the Western Front, 22 April 1917. Second Lieutenant Tugwell is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.