Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant B. Waterworth, East Lancashire Regiment

1914 Star, with later slide clasp (5838 Pte. B. Waterworth. 1/E. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. B. Waterworth.) very fine (3) £120-£160

Benjamin Waterworth attested for the East Lancashire Regiment, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal). He saw further service with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 August 1914, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant.