Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private S. Hocking, 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment, who was killed in action during the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915
1914-15 Star (12435 Pte S. Hocking. Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (12435 Pte. S. Hocking. Welsh R.) good very fine

Three: Private J. Greatorex, 7th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 22 June 1916
1914-15 Star (B-3331 Pte J. Greatorax. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (B-3331 Pte. J. Greatorex Rif Brig.) with forwarding slip for recipient’s effects, addressed to ‘Mr A. Greatorex, 65 Wilton Road, Hackney’, very fine or better (6) £80-£120

Samuel Hocking was born in Niddron, Cornwall. He served during the Great War with Welsh Regiment in the French theatre of war from 2 November 1914. Private Hocking was serving with the 2nd Battalion when he was killed in action on the Western Front, 25 September 1915. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Jack Greatorex was born in Hackney, London. He served during the Great War with the 7th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade on the Western Front. Private Greatorex was killed in action on the Western Front, 22 June 1916, and is buried in the Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France.