Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. Kettle, 1/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, killed in action on the Western Front, 13 October 1915
1914-15 Star (591 Pte. H. Kettle. Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (591 Pte. H. Kettle. Linc. R.) generally good very fine

Pair: Private G. W. Newton, 8th (Service) Battalion, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), who died of wounds on the Western Front, 6 March 1916
British War and Victory Medals (15244 Pte. G. W. Newton. R. Lanc. R.) BWM partially officially corrected, generally very fine or better (5) £60-£80

Horace Kettle was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire. He served during the Great War with 1/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 1 March 1915. Kettle was killed in action on the Western Front, 13 October 1915. On the latter date the Battalion were in engaged in the start of the actions on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos.

Private Kettle is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

George William Newton was born in Middleton, Lancashire. He served during the Great War with the 8th (Service) Battalion, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Newton died of wounds on the Western Front, 6 March 1916, and is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.