Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Private L. Burge, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 August 1918
British War and Victory Medals (29380 Pte/ L. Burge. Som. L.I.) very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (4034 Pte. H. C. Burge. Som. L.I.) edge bruise, very fine

Pair: Private H. Banwell, Dorsetshire Regiment, late Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 January 1917
British War and Victory Medals (22519 Pte. H. Banwell. Som. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private H. C. Biss, Somerset Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (241764 Pte. H. C. Biss. Som. L.I.) some staining, very fine

Pair: Private L. B. Buttle, Somerset Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (32157 Pte. l. B. Buttle. Som. L.I.) nearly very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (5458 Pte. W. Allen. Som. L.I.); Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, very fine (11) £120-£160

Leonard Burge was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, in 1899. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 26 February 1918. He received a gun shot wound to his thigh, which led to his return to the U.K. for hospital treatment. Upon recovery, he returned to the Western Front and was killed in action on 29 August 1918. He is buried in Dury Crucifix Cemetery, France.

Herbert Charles Burge, older brother of the above, was born in 1893. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War, and served in India with the 2/5th Battalion.

Henry Banwell, a postman from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, was born in 1898. He attested into Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front. He transferred into the Dorsetshire Regiment and was killed in action whilst serving with the 5th Battalion on 11 January 1917. He is commemorated on the Thiepval memorial, France.

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