Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private M. Bromley, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front from 3 April 1917
British War and Victory Medals (29485 Pte. M. Bromley. Manch. R.) mounted court-style for display, light polishing, very fine

Three: Private F. Lathwood, Manchester Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (301140 Pte. F. Lathwood. Manch. R.); Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (Frederick Lathwood) mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine

Three: Private P. C. Letten, Manchester Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (53256 Pte. P. C. Letten. Manch. R.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Percival C. Letten.) mounted court-style for display, better than very fine (8) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Matthew Bromley was born in the Bradford area of Manchester in 1888, and was ‘called up’ for service in the Great War on 11 December 1915, but was not mobilised until 14 June 1916, when he was posted to 27th (Reserve) Battalion the Manchester Regiment. He was posted overseas on 14 December 1916, to serve in 2nd Battalion the Manchester Regiment, which was then on the Somme near Beaumont Hamel. He was killed in action in the operations to capture Francilly-Selency on 3 April 1917, and was buried in Fluquieres Communal Cemetery.

Frederick ‘Fred’ Lathwood was born in Manchester in 1898 and enlisted into 8th (Territorial) Battalion the Manchester Regiment on 23 April 1915, aged only 17. It seems likely that he joined his battalion in Egypt in 1916. The 8th Battalion embarked at Alexandria for service on the Western Front in February 1917. He was discharged on 3 March 1919, and was awarded Silver War Badge No. 456137. After the Great War he joined the Post Office and worked as a postman until his retirement in 1954, when he received the Imperial Service Medal (London Gazette 17 December 1954).
Percival Charles Letten appears in the 1911 Census as a 26-year-old warehouseman, residing at Wandsworth, London. During the Great War he served in the 23rd and 11th Battalions The Manchester Regiment and the Labour Corps. In the 1939 Register he is noted as a City of London, Special Constable. He died in 1962 at Hendon.

Sold with copied research.