Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (3-5657 Pte. F. Upton, Som. L.I.) some corrosion to obverse, very fine £50-70

Fred Upton was born in and lived in Bristol and enlisted at Taunton. Serving with the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 11 September 1914. He was killed in action 1 July 1916 - on the first day of the battle of the Somme. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He was the son of Frederick and Alice Upton of Granville Place, Alfred Hill, Kingsdown, Bristol. With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.