Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star (1792 L. Sjt. A. Lamont, 10/L’pool. R.) good very fine £50-70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to the Liverpool Regiment from the Collection of Hal Giblin.

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Alexander Lamont was educated at Liverpool College, and enlisted into the Liverpool Scottish on 1 March 1909, being one of the original contingent to travel to France aboard the S.S. Maidan in November 1914. He was commissioned into the 9th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment on 25 January 1917, and subsequently sent to Ireland for garrison duties. He was returning home on leave aboard the S.S. Leinster on 10 October 1918, when she was struck by two torpedoes and sunk with the loss of 480 passengers and crew, including Second Lieutenant Lamont. His body was recovered and he is buried at Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin. Sold with a copied photograph, in which recipient is shown standing next to his friend, Regimental Sergeant Major D. D. Farmer, V.C.