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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 227

The Victory Medal awarded to Private W. Hinchcliffe, Shropshire Light Infantry, who was presumed Killed in Action on 28 March 1918 on the Western Front

Victory Medal 1914-19 (35506 Pte. W. Hinchcliffe. K.S.L.I.), contact marks, very fine

The Victory Medal awarded to Private T. Higgins, Shropshire Light Infantry, who was Killed in Action in Belgium on 18 August 1917

Victory Medal 1914-19 (200920 Pte. T. Higgins. K.S.L.I.), contact marks and edge wear, otherwise very fine

The Victory Medal awarded to Private A. E. Gowen, Herefordshire Regiment, who was wounded by shrapnel in the Balkans in August 1915

Victory Medal 1914-19 (1284 Pte. A.E. Gowen. Hereford. R.), contact marks, very fine (3)

William Hinchcliffe was born in Manchester, the son of John and Mary Elizabeth Hinchcliffe of 70 Manchester Road in Rochdale. There, Hinchcliffe attested for Great War service with the Shropshire Light Infantry and was posted as a Private to the 7th Battalion. He and his unit were stationed on the Western Front, where he was later reported as killed in action on 28 March 1918. As his body was never recovered it seems his mother kept hoping to find her 19 year old boy; she made enquiries to the British Red Cross as to the whereabouts of her son that September and again in November. It appears they attempted to search for some time, but the record seems to have been closed in March 1919, one year since his disappearance. The young Hinchcliffe is commemorated on the Arras Monument and is further entitled to a British War Medal; sold together with copied research.

Thomas Higgins was born in Uffington, Salop and there attested for the Shropshire Light Infantry. He served abroad with the 6th Battalion and was killed in action in Belgium on 18 August 1917 at the age of nineteen. Higgins is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, and his pension was claimed by his mother Elizabeth. He was also entitled to a British War Medal; sold together with copied research.

Albert Edgar Gowen served in the Great War as a Private in the Herefordshire Regiment. He was disembarked at the Balkan Theatre with his unit on 9 August 1915 and was admitted to the 149th Field Ambulance the very next day after suffering a shrapnel wound to his left thigh. Gowen was transported via trawler to a hospital ship where he recovered. At some stage he was issued a new regimental number, 235186, and after surviving the war was disembodied in February 1919. Gowen was further entitled to a 1914-15 Star and a British War Medal; sold together with copied research.

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