Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. W. Forrington, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916

1914 Star, with copy clasp (9812 Pte. J. W. Forrington. 2/Linc: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (9812 Pte. J. W. Forrington. Linc. R.) very fine (2) £180-£220

John William Forrington was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and served with the 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.