Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain G. H. Wedderburn, Hampshire Yeomanry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. H. Wedderburn) extremely fine (2) £80-£120

George Herbert Wedderburn, who was educated at King Edward IV School, Southampton, joined the Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers) in Southampton on 27 February 1908, and was promoted Sergeant in July 1913, when he was serving in the Signals Troop. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant from the ranks on 3 April 1915 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 April 1918 attached to the 15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.

Wedderburn was killed in action on 9 August 1918- on this date the battalion encountered fierce resistance resulting in heavy casualties, with the loss of four officers (including Wedderburn) and 21 men killed, and 4 officers and 114 men wounded or missing. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.