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Auction: 24113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 248

The 1914 Star awarded to Private L. King, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, who was Killed in Action at Neuve Chapelle on 12 March 1915, during the same action that won Private Jacob Rivers the Victoria Cross

1914 Star (12076 Pte L. King. 1/Notts: & Derby: R.), very fine

Leonard King was born at Radford and enlisted at Nottingham, he entered the war in France on 4 October 1914. 12 March 1915 was a major date in the history of the Notts & Derby Regiment as it was the same date and action in which Private Jacob Rivers VC was killed and the day he won his Victoria Cross.

'For most conspicuous bravery at Neuve-Chapelle on 12th March, 1915, when he, on his own initiative, crept to within a few yards of a very large number of the enemy who were massed on the flank of an advanced company of his battalion, and hurled bombs on them. His action caused the enemy to retire, and so relieved the situation. Pte. Rivers performed a second act of great bravery on the same day, similar to the first mentioned, again causing the enemy to retire. He was killed on this occasion.'

King was killed in action on 12 March 1915 at Neuve Chapelle, along with Rivers, and both are commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.

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