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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 334

1914-15 Star (2) (G-4967 Pte. J.T. Friend, E. Kent R.; 1671 Pte. W.A. Veale. E. Kent R.), very fine

British War Medal (4) (2540 Pte. F. Stovold. E. Kent R.; 29501 Pte. M. Batchelor. Hamps. R.; 16658 Sjt. A.W. Bowell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; G-31834 Pte. R.S. Dobbs. R.W. Kent R.), nearly very fine, the second with a related Services Rendered badge, the reverse numbered ´413673´

Victory Medal (4) (17135 Pte. A.H. Rawlings. R.Suss. R.; G-14370 Pte. C. Saunders. R.Suss. R.; 3-4391Pte. R. Popperwell. Hamps. R.; 517 Cpl. J. Sell. Berks. Yeo.), nearly very fine or better (10)

G-4967 Private John Thomas Friend, born East Langden, Kent; served with the 6th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 7.10.1916, on which date the Battalion took part in the attack on Rainbow Trench: the objective was reached but the casualties sustained were so heavy they were forced to withdraw at midnight to Longueval. The Battalion came out of action just 40 strong and were led away by the Adjutant Captain Page, the only remaining Officer, having suffered total casualties of 367 Officers and men. Friend is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

2540 Private Frank Stovold, born Aldershot, 1880; enlisted in the East Kent Regiment, 9.9.1914, and served with the Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 15.6.1915; transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, 2.1.1918; discharged, 30.4.1920.

29501 Private Maurice Batchelor, born Bevois Town, Hampshire; served with the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 24.11.1916, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

16658 Sergeant Alfred William Bowell, born Woodcote, Oxfordshire; served with the 6th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 17.3.1917, and is buried in the A.I.F. Burial Ground, France.

G-31834 Private Reginald Sidney Dobbs, born Bozeat, Northamptonshire; served with the 6th Battalion Queen´s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 21.9.1918, and is commemorated on the Vis-et-Artois Memorial, France.

G-14370 Private Charles Saunders, born Midhurst, Sussex; served with the 12th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 31.7.1917, on the occasion of the great Allied attack around Ypres, and is buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

3-4391 Private Rueben Popperwell, born Lambeth, London; served with the 10th Battalion Hampshire Regiment during the Great War; killed in action at Gallipoli, 10.9.1915, and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.

517 Lance Corporal William John Sell, born Faringdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire); served with the Berkshire Yeomanry during the Great War; killed in action in Egypt, 11.12.1915, and is buried in Alexandria Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

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