Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance Sergeant A. J. Tomlins, East Kent Regiment, who died of wounds received at Railway Wood, Ypres, on 27 January 1916
1914-15 Star (G-1143 L. Cpl A. J. Tomlins. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-1143 Cpl. A. J. Tomlins. E. Kent R.) nearly extremely fine

Three: Private S. Sorrell, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 24 April 1918
1914-15 Star (17558 Pte. S. Sorrell. North’n R.); British War and Victory Medals (17558 Pte. S. Sorrell. North’n R.) extremely fine

Three: Lance Corporal W. Wylds, North Staffordshire Regiment, who died of wounds on 14 September 1918
1914-15 Star (13334 L. Cpl. W. Wylds. N. Staff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (13334 Pte. W. Wylds. N. Staff. R.) extremely fine (9) £140-£180

Arthur John Tomlins, a Clerk from Kensington, London, attested for The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), aged 22, on 7 September 1914. He was appointed Lance Sergeant on 16 June 1915 and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1915. He died of wounds on 27 January 1916 following a shell bombardment, confirmed in the diary of Lance Corporal Jimmy Carpenter of the 8th Battalion, The Buffs: ‘On 8th January about dusk things were rather quiet, so we all gathered in the support line for a drink of tea and to draw our rations, when over came six Krupps one after the other all along our line. The concussion blew us in all directions. After we had recovered somewhat, stretcher parties were organised and we set to work to gather up the pieces. Shattered remains of our comrades lay about in dugouts and on top of the parapets. It was like a huge slaughter house. In our own section or platoon our casualties were very bad. Only three of us left out of 26. Sgt. Tomlins (died of wounds)...’ He is buried in Etaples, Military Cemetery, France.

Sold with copy research including copy extract of Lance Corporal Carpenter’s diary, published in ‘Stand To’, the journal of the Western Front Association.

Sidney Sorrell, a Finisher from Richmond, Surrey, attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment on 6 March 1915 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 June 1915. He was reported missing, later presumed killed in action, on 24 April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France. Sold with copy research.

Warwick Wylds, an Iron Worker from Brierly Hill, Staffordshire, attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment on 22 September 1914. Appointed Lance Corporal on 19 April 1915, he served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 July 1915 and died of wounds on 14 September 1918. He is buried in Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St. Marc, France.