Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private R. Hulme, 10th (Service) Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, killed in action on the Western Front, 6 August 1916

1914-15 Star (R-13545 Pte R. Hulme. K.R.Rif:C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-13545 Pte. R. Hulme. K.R.Rif.C.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Hulme) contact marks, therefore good fine or better (4) £120-£160

Robert Hulme was born in Newton Hyde, Chester. He served during the Great War with the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in the French theatre of war from 4 November 1915. Hulme was killed in action whilst serving with the 10th (Service) Battalion, 6 August 1916 (CWGC website gives 11th Battalion and is at variance with Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19). On the latter date the Battalion were serving as part of the 59th Brigade, 20th (Light) Division in the trenches at Hebuterne on the Somme.

Private Hulme is buried in the Heburterne Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais.