Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. L. Norman, 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), who was reported missing, presumed killed, after fighting at Kruiseecke on 28 October 1914

1914 Star, with clasp (L-10559 Pte. H. L. Norman. 2/The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-10559 Pte. H. L. Norman. The Queen’s R.); Memorial Plaque (Henry Wylie Norman); Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. Henry Lionel Norman, Royal West Surrey Regt.’, good very fine (5) £240-£280

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

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Henry Lionel Norman was born at Teddington, Middlesex and resided at Rowledge, Surrey. He attested for the Queen’s Regiment at Guildford, Surrey in the summer of 1914 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 October 1914.

After participating in heavy fighting east of Ypres, between Ledeghem and Zonnebeke in mid October, his battalion moved forward towards Gheluvelt on 26 October, occupying a line in front of the Gheluvelt-Zandvoorde Road. The following day they recaptured lost trenches at Kruiseecke and then moved to occupy woods near Klein Zillebeke before moving on to Veldhoek on 29 October.

Private Norman was reported missing on 28 October 1914 and was later assumed to have been killed on this date. He was the son of Henry William and May Norman of Alton, Hampshire and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.