Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The British War Medal awarded to Lance-Corporal C. W. Hogg, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was killed in action at the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914, the British Expeditionary Force’s first full day of fighting on the Western Front

The British War Medal 1914-20 (83-4 Pte. C. W. Hogg. R. S. Fus.) second digit weak, third digit defaced, slight edge damage, good fine £100-£140

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

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Charles William Hogg was born in 1885 at Brentwood, Essex. He attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1904 in London and served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, disembarking at Havre in France as part of the British Expeditionary Force on 14 August 1914.

Entrenched at Jemappes on the south bank of the Mons-Conde Canal on 23 August, his battalion held off enemy attacks until 3pm, suffering 52 casualties (wounded or killed) before withdrawing via Flenu to the northern edge of Frameries. The battalion war diary describes how the Germans then attacked once more, opening fire from the coal dumps south of Frameries. Having had no time to entrench, a further 2 officers were killed and 100 other ranks killed or wounded.

Lance Corporal Hogg was among those killed in action that day. He was the husband of Mary Jane Hogg and is commemorated on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.