Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. G. B. Kettle, 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), London Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion suffered over 500 casualties

1914 Star (2435 Pte. W. G. B. Kettle. 9/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2435 Pte. W. G. B. Kettle. 9-Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £400-£500

William George Burnet Kettle attested for the 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), London Regiment, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 November 1914. He 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 the 169th Brigade’s attack at Gommecourt, and suffered 545 casualties. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.