Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance-Corporal H. Savory, Leinster Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 10 June 1917

British War and Victory Medals (15212 Pte. H. Savory. Leins. R.); together with a Leinster Regiment cap badge, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90

Herbert Savory was born in Sunderland, co. Durham, and attested there for the Durham Light Infantry. He transferred to the Leinster Regiment, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 10 June 1917- on this date the Battalion was on the front line half way between St. Eloi and Hollebeke, and tasked with the construction of a new communication trench, sustained many casualties during a heavy bombardment. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

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