Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private N. Webster, 20th Battalion (Wearside Pals), Durham Light Infantry, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 22 August 1917
British War and Victory Medals (20-813 Pte. N. Webster, Durh. L.I.); together with cap badge and shoulder title, very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (15544 Pte. W. H. Brewis. Durh. L.I.; 20156 Cpl. W. Brewis. Durh. L.I.; 20-737 Cpl. T. Curd. Durh. L.I.) suspension on first replaced with a gilded straight bar suspension; the last mounted for display together with an unnamed British War Medal 1914-20; a Durham Light Infantry Regimental Medal, bronze, with three date bars, for 1916, 1917, and 1918; and a County Borough of Sunderland Peace Medal, white metal, generally good very fine (8) £120-£160

Nicholas Webster was born in Sunderland, co. Durham, and attested there for the 20th Battalion (Wearside Pals), Durham Light Infantry. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 May 1916, and was wounded by gun shot to the left loin on 29 June 1917, during the actions at Fusilier Wood. Sent to England from the 3rd Canadian General Hospital, he was admitted to the 4th Scottish General Hospital at Springburn, Glasgow, and died from secondary haemorrhage on 22 August 1917. He is buried in Mere Knolls Cemetery, Sunderland.

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15544 William Henry Brewis was born in Sunderland, co. Durham, and attested there for the Durham Light Infantry. He served with the 14th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 September 1915, and was killed in action on 27 January 1916. He is buried in Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Belgium.

20156 William Brewis was born in Sunderland, co. Durham, and attested there for the Durham Light Infantry. He served with the 15th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 September 1915, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in attacks on Crucifix Trench and Shelter Wood, and suffered 388 casualties. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Thomas Curd was born in Sunderland, co. Durham, in 1894 and attested there for the 20th Battalion (Wearside Pals), Durham Light Infantry. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, and was wounded in the right forearm in 1917 (Sunderland Echo, 10 August 1917 refers).

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