Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private E. P. Thorne, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (3513 Pte. E. P. Thorne. Camb. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3513 Pte. E. P. Thorne. Camb. R.) very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (7875 Pte. J. Skinner. Camb. R.) very fine (4) £80-£120

Edgar Percy Thorne served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment in the French theatre of War from 10 October 1915. He subsequently transferred to the 9th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.

Jack Skinner was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk. He initially served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment on the Western Front. Skinner subsequently transferred to the Lincolnshire Regiment, and was serving with the 2nd Battalion when his was killed in action on the Western Front on 21 March 1918. Private Skinner is commemorated on the Pozières Memorial, Somme, France.