Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private E. Iddenden, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), who died of wounds received in action on the Western Front on 14 December 1915

1914 Star (L-6719 Pte. E. Iddenden. 1/ E. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6719 Pte. E. Iddenden. E. Kent. R.) good very fine (3) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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Ethelbert Iddenden was born at Canterbury, Kent in 1884 and, having previously served in the Militia, attested for the Buffs on 25 October 1901. He was stationed in South Africa from 1905 to 1909 and was discharged to the Army Reserve in October 1913. Having attested again for service with the Buffs in February 1914, he was mobilised on 5 August and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 September 1914.

Iddenden was posted to the 6th Battalion on 29 July 1915 and died on 14 December 1915 at No. 3 London General Hospital, Wandsworth as result of gun-shot wounds to his right thigh and haemorrhaging. He is buried and commemorated on the Screen Wall, at Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery.