Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. Peat, Leicestershire Regiment, who was killed in action during the attack on Bazentin-le-Petit in the Battle of the Somme on 14 July 1916, on which date his battalion suffered over 550 casualties

1914-15 Star (11962 Pte. A. Peat. Leic: R.); British War and Victory Medals (11962 Pte. A. Peat. Leic. R.); Memorial Plaque (Alfred Peat) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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Alfred Peat was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and attested there for the Leicestershire Regiment on 1 September 1914. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 July 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 14 July 1916. On this date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Bazentin-le-Petit: they advanced at 3:25 a.m. and were held up by enemy machine gun fire, but managed to take the enemy’s front and second lines by 4:00 a.m., by which point only 2 officers were left in action. The village was later cleared, and the line was established in Bazentin-le-Petit Wood. Total casualties suffered by the Battalion that day were 553.

Peat was amongst those killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

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