Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private S. Smith, 7th (Service) Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 29 July 1916
1914-15 Star (14974 Pte S. Smith. R. Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (14974 Pte. S. Smith. R. Lanc. R.) very fine

Three: Private J. Crabbe, 7th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (Pioneers), who died of wounds on the Western Front, 11 March 1916
1914-15 Star (16617 Pte J. Crabbe. York: & Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (16617 Pte. J. Crabbe. Y. & L. R.) good very fine (6) £80-£120

Sidney Smith was born in Altrincham, Cheshire. He served during the Great War with the 7th (Service) Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment in the French theatre of war from 17 July 1915. He died of wounds on the Western Front, 29 July 1916. On the latter date the Battalion were serving as part of the 56th Brigade, 19th (Western) Division on the Somme. Private Smith is buried in the Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France.

John Crabbe was born in Crowbridge, Wiltshire. He served during the Great War with 7th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (Pioneers) in the French theatre of war from 13 July 1915. Private Crabbe died of wounds on the Western Front, 11 March 1916, and is buried in the Voormezeele Enclosures No. 1 and No. 2, Belgium.