Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. Tooley, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 23 June 1915

1914-15 Star (9513 Pte H. Tooley. Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9513 Pte. H. Tooley. Linc. R.); Memorial Plaque (Herbert Tooley) last with remnants of mount to reverse, otherwise good very fine (4) £120-£160

Herbert Tooley was born in Lincoln, and was the son of William and Lucy Tooley, of Frognall, Deeping St. James, Peterborough. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 12 May 1915. Private Tooley died of wounds on the Western Front, aged 19, 23 June 1915. The Battalion were engaged in the First Attack on Bellewaarde, 16 June 1915, when they suffered casualties of 6 officers and 366 other ranks before being relieved from the front for the remainder of the month. Tooley is buried in Calais Southern Cemetery, France.