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Auction: 25113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 325

The well document campaign group of four awarded to Captain J. H. P. Barrett, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment attached Royal Air Force, who survived being gassed at the Second Battle of Ypres, twice wounded only to die of Pneumonia in 1918

1914 Star, with clasp, (1777 Pte. J. H. P. Barrett. 1/28 Lond:R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. H. P. Barrett. R.F.C.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Jack Harper Phillips Barrett), sold together with several original photographs, in a loose wooden frame, good very fine (4)

Jack Harper Phillips Barrett was born at Brondesbury, Middlesex on 20 December 1893, the son of William and Edith Barrett. He was employed at the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Ltd., joining them at on 1 July 1909 aged 16 and- by the time of his enlistment- was working as chief clerk at the London West End branch.

Entering the war in France with 28th Battalion (Artists Rifles), London Regiment on 26 October 1914 he was commissioned Lieutenant with the 1st Lincolnshire Regimen on 23 April 1915. This Battalion saw action at the Battle of Bellewaarde in May 1915 when they were the subject of a gas attack. Barrett was gassed during this engagement but appears to have recovered by June when he was wounded for the first time at Hooge, likely the raid on Hooge on 2 June.

Barrett went into action again at the Somme in July 1916, the served as part of the reserve for the 62nd Brigade during the first day. However at some stage that month Barrett was wounded again, likely either at Shelter Wood on 3 July or Mametz Wood between 11-16 July.

Serving attached to the Royal Flying Corps from October 1917 he joined the R.F.C. School on 28 October, graded as an Assistant Instructor in Gunnery. Posted from there to the Armament School he was still there when the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service merged into the Royal Air Force. Whilst there he served in the rank of Captain from 1 August 1918 however Barrett soon began to suffer from Influenza of which he died on 1 November 1918, he is buried at the Hampstead Cemetery; sold together with copied research as well as an archive as original material comprising:

i)
Portrait Photograph.

ii)
A photograph of the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation War Memorial including the recipient's name.

iii)
A leather booklet with the recipient's service details printed upon it, containing a portrait photograph and illuminated prayer scroll.

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Starting price
£180