Auction Catalogue

27 July 2022

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№ 179 x

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27 July 2022

Hammer Price:
£150

Pair: Private E. Andrews, Devonshire Regiment, who was killed in action during the Battle of Broodseinde, 4 October 1917
British War and Victory Medals (11813 Pte. E. Andrews. Devon. R.) nearly very fine

Pair: Private T. W. Fenner, Middlesex Regiment, late 19th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (St. Pancras), who was killed in action on the Somme, 7 October 1916
British War and Victory Medals (6683 Pte. T. W. Fenner. 19-Lond. R.) very fine

Pair: Private W. Brown, Scottish Rifles, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 10 September 1918
British War and Victory Medals (41972 Pte. W. Brown. Sco. Rif.) generally good very fine (6) £70-£90

Elisha Andrews was the son of Mr and Mrs E. Andrews of Strand, Teignmouth, Devon. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 22 September 1915 (entitled 1914-15 Star). Private Andrews was killed in action during the Battle of Broodseinde, 4 October 1917, and is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium.

Thomas William Fenner was the son of Mr and Mrs W. T. Fenner of 1 Meadow View, Rotherfield, Sussex. He initially served during the Great War with the 19th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (St. Pancras). Private Fenner subsequently transferred to the 1/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, and was serving with them when he was killed in action on the Western Front, 7 October 1916. On the latter date the Battalion were serving as part of the 167th Brigade, 56th (1st London) Division on the Somme. They successfully captured Spectrum Trench, suffering 193 casualties in the process.

Private Fenner is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

William Brown was the son of Mr and Mrs T. Brown of Airylick, Port William, Wigtownshire. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Scottish Rifles on the Western Front, and was killed in action, 10 September 1918. Private Brown is buried in Sucrerie Cemetery, Ablain-St. Nazaire, Pas de Calais, France.