Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Three: Private C. G. Lovell, 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), who was wounded and taken prisoner of war at Mons in August 1914
1914 Star, with clasp (L-7139 Pte. C. G. Lovell. 1/R. W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-7139 Pte. C. G. Lovell. R. W. Kent. R.) nearly extremely fine

Three: Private A. W. Lovell, 1/5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) (Territorial Force), who was killed in action at Kut-al-Amara on 13 January 1916
1914-15 Star (1391 Pte. A. W. Lovell. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (1391 Pte. A. W. Lovell. E. Kent R.); Memorial Plaque (Augustus William Lovell) nearly extremely fine (7) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals.

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Charles George Lovell was born in 1886 at Goudhurst, Kent, the son of Albert and Caroline of Clay Hill Mount Goudhurst, Kent and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment in 1902 or 1903. Following the outbreak of the Great War he sailed for France with the 1st Battalion on 14 August 1914 and fought at Mons where he was wounded and taken prisoner of war. He was still in Germany on 26 February 1916 according to a report in the Maidstone Telegraph of that date.

Augustus William Lovell, younger brother of the above, was born in 1892 at Goudhurst, Kent and attested for the 1/5th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) in October 1914. He sailed with the battalion for India in November 1914 and continued to serve with them in the Mesopotamia Theatre from 9 December 1915. A good stringed instrumentalist, he had for many years been a member of the Goudhurst Village Band, and while stationed in India played the Euphonium in the regimental band. He was killed in action on 13 January 1916 near Kut al Amara during the attempted relief of the besieged British forces, and is buried in the Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.