Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (9) (20465 Pte. A. Bradshaw. Linc. R.; 11396 Pte. E. L. Brown. Linc. R.; 1806 Pte. H. Copestake. Linc. R.; 3292 Pte. E. Drane. Linc. R.; 43435 Pte. J. A. Forster. Linc. R.; 266636 Pte. H. Green. Linc. R.; 21297 Pte. F. Harrison. Linc. R.; 13282 Pte. F. Herbert. Linc. R.; 4643 Pte. W. Redfern. Y. & L. R.) generally very fine and better (9) £120-£160

Alfred Bradshaw was born in Toynton St. Peters, Lincolnshire, in 1896. He served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, and was killed in action during the Battle of Polygon Wood on 4 October 1917. Aged 21 years, he is buried in the Tyne Cot Cemetery.

Ernest Levi Brown was born at Oakham, Rutland, in 1888, and worked pre-war as a boiler manufacturer’s labourer in Gainsborough. He served on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, and was killed in action on 23 May 1916. Aged 28 years, Brown is buried in the Albert Communal Cemetery Extension on the Somme.

Henry Copestake was born in Sheffield and attested for the 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment at Grimsby. Posted to the Western Front, he was awarded the Military Medal in the London Gazette of 22 February 1918 but was reported missing in action on 29 May 1918. A court of enquiry held on 20 November 1918 later confirmed his death and he is commemorated at Vieil-St. Remy Communal Cemetery.

Ernest Drane attested for the 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment on 6 November 1914. Posted to the Western Front, he suffered a gunshot wound to the head and chest on 3 October 1915 and was admitted to hospital in Rouen. His Army Service Record notes that he recovered but later struggled with trench foot in Egypt.

Alfred Thirlwell was born in 1892 at Seaham, Durham, and served 3 years and 9 months in France with the Royal Engineers. His Army Service Record notes loss of his right index finger in 1918 due to barbed wire, and he was later discharged on 1 May 1919 due to sickness.