Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1100

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17 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£150

1914-15 Star (3) (2422 Pte. B. F. Durbridge, E. Surr. R.; 2415 Pte. J. Hunt, E. Surr. R.; L-7621 Pte. H. E. Keen, E. Surr. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (35807 Pte. W. Butterworth, E. Surr. R.; 200606 Pte. O. A. Collier, E. Surr. R.; G-27174 Pte. E. Groome, E. Surr. R.; 37519 Pte. C. Stevens, E. Surr. R.; 21556 Pte. A. E. Symons, E. Surr. R.; 276403 Pte. T. H. Webb, Durh. L.I.) medal to ‘Symons’ with slack suspension, nearly very fine and better (9) £100-140

Private Benjamin F. Durbridge, East Surrey Regiment, entered the Mesopotamia theatre of war on 26 May 1915; latterly with the Norfolk Regiment. Private John Hunt, 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 2 May 1915; latterly with the Hampshire Regiment; disembodied on 17 July 1919. Harry Edmund Keen enlisted in December 1902; served in India, 1904-14. Entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 19 January 1915. Discharged on 13 March 1916. With copied service papers and m.i.c.

Private Wilfred Butterworth, East Surrey Regiment, entitled to Silver War Badge. Private Alfred E. Symons, East Surrey Regiment; latterly with the Labour Corps.

Thomas Harry Webb was born in Halford, Warwickshire and enlisted at Birmingham. Originally with the Durham Light Infantry, he later transferred to the 9th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. With them he was killed in action, France/Flanders on 17 August 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. He was the son of Thomas Webb of Halford Bridge, Shipston-on-Stour, Worcestershire and husband of Laura Alice Webb of Pershore Road, Cotteridge, King’s Norton, Birmingham. All with copied m.i.c., some with additional research.