Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medals 1914-20 (5) (11282 Pte. O. F. T. Holbrook. The Queen’s R.; 201749 Pte. R. Weston. Devon. R.; 1845 Pte. W. J. Butcher. Hamps. R.; 10231 Cpl. H. E. White. Dorset. R.; 23769 Pte. H. Fennell. R. Berks. R.) generally nearly very fine (5) £80-£120

Oliver Holbrook, of Lambeth originally attested for the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, but was serving with the 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment when he died in Mesopotamia on 3 November 1918. He is buried in the Tehran War Cemetery.

Walter Butcher, of the Isle of Wight served with the 8th Battalion Hampshire Regiment (Princess Beatrice’s Isle of Wight Rifles) when they landed in Gallipoli on 10 August 1915. He was to die just over two months later on 17 October 1915 and is buried in the Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery.

Herbert White, of Bristol sailed to Gallipoli with the 5th (Service) Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment, landing at Suvla Bay on 11 July 1915. They redeployed to Egypt in January 1916 then to France in July 1916. Serving with”A” company, he would have seen action with them at Messines in May and June of 1917. He died of wounds on 15 August 1917 and is buried at Bard Cottage Cemetery, France.

Harold Fennell, of Windsor, Berkshire, was serving with the 2nd Battalion Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire) Regiment when he died of wounds on the Western Front on 11 November 1917. He is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.