Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: 2nd Corporal C. W. Shipton, Royal Engineers, who died in an accident on the Western Front on 1 July 1916, on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme

British War and Victory Medals (2116 2 Cpl. C. W. Shipton. R.E.); Memorial Plaque (Charles William Shipton) scratch to plaque, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240

Charles William Shipton was born in Bromley-by-Bow, London, in 1885, and served with the 2/2nd London Field Company,Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) during the Great War on the Western Front. He died on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, when his unit was attached to the 56th (London) Division and went over the top with the lead battalions, although it appears that Shipton died in an accident before the signal was given, and never made it to the front line. He is buried in Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery, France.