Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant A. Ramsden, East Lancashire Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at Hargicourt, 21 March 1918
British War and Victory Medals (26185 Sjt. A. Ramsden. E. Lan. R.) minor edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private P. Dickson, York and Lancaster Regiment, who was severely wounded at Neuve Chapelle in March 1917
British War and Victory Medals (242357 Pte. P. Dickson. Y. & L.R.) mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s wife’s Defence Medal (Mrs. L. Dickson First Aid) named ‘Boots’ style’, very fine

Pair: Private R. Kemp, York and Lancaster Regiment, who was wounded at Neuve Chapelle, 23 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (25172 Pte. R. Kemp. Y. & L.R.) good very fine (7) £100-140

Arthur Ramsden was born in 1895 and attested for the East Lancashire Regiment on 30 November 1915, serving with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. Promoted Corporal on 27 August 1916, and subsequently advanced Sergeant, he was taken Prisoner of War at Hargicourt on 21 March 1918 on the first day of the German Spring Offensive- defended by the 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division, the village was blanketed in thick fog and came under exceptionally heavy artillery fire with high explosive and poison gas shells. German infantry occupied the village by 10:30 a.m., killing and capturing a large number of British troops in the area.

Percy Dickson attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment, and served with the 1st/5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was severely wounded at Neuve Chapelle in March 1917 by gun shot to the left thigh and to the left hand, which resulted in him losing a finger. He was discharged on account of his wounds on 23 January 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Richard Kemp was born in 1889 and attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment at Barnsley, Yorkshire, on 11 December 1915. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 August 1916, and suffered a gun shot wound to the right arm on 23 September 1916, on which date the Battalion was in the front line at Neuve Chapelle. Recovering, he subsequently served with the 12th Battalion in Macedonia as part of the British Salonika Force from 29 January 1918, and was struck down with malaria on 7 September 1918. He was discharged on 15 November 1919, after 3 years and 340 days’ service.

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