Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private L. Wright, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, on which date his battalion suffered over 500 casualties

1914-15 Star (19625 Pte. L. Wright. Notts: & Derby: R.); British War and Victory Medals (19626 Pte. L. Wright. Notts. & Derby. R.); Memorial Plaque (Lewis Wright) in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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Lewis Wright was born in Longton, Staffordshire, and attested there for the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters). He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 October 1915, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Ovillers. Moving forward to the British front line from the reserve at Authuille Wood, they then advanced to the German front line, but encountered heavy machine gun fire from the front and both flanks and were pinned down in no man’s land, suffering a total of 518 casualties that day.

Wright is buried in Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuile Wood, France.

Sold with copied research.