Three: Acting Sergeant F. Newman, The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, onetime Machine Gun Corps

1914-15 Star (3046 Pte. F. Newman, The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (3046 A. Sjt. F. Newman, The Queen’s R.), mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brian Kieran Collection.

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Frank Newman first saw action in Gallipoli, where he landed on ‘C’ Beach, Suvla as a Private in the 2/4th Battalion, Queen’s Regiment, on the night of 8-9 August 1915. The strength of his unit on landing was 27 officers and 900 other ranks but, as a result of casualties and sickness, the head count was reduced to 5 officers and 335 other ranks by the end of September - many of the battle casualties were incurred during heavy fighting on Chocolate and Scimitar Hills in August. Newman’s MIC entry also confirms that he later served in the Machine Gun Corps and was sent an M.I.D. emblem in February 1922.