A Collection of Medals to the Middlesex Regiment

Family Group:

Pair: Private T. Austin, Middlesex Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (6093 Pte. T. Austin Midd’x R.); together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B35899’, good very fine

The Victory Medal awarded to Private F. Austin, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 15 July 1916
Victory Medal 1914-19 (G-13390 Pte. F. Austin. Midd’x R.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Austin) good very fine (4) £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Middlesex Regiment.

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Truman Austin, a resident of Northwood Park, attested for the Middlesex Regiment on 10 March 1916 and served with the 1/7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. Discharged as sick 1 November 1918, he was awarded a Silver War Badge no. B35899.

Frederick Austin was born at Edgware, Middlesex, in 1894, and attested for the Middlesex Regiment at Mill Hill on 28 May 1915. Posted to the 1st Battalion, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 January 1916 and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 15 July 1916. Aged 22 years, he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.