Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private T. Heaton, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), who was discharged due to wounds on 13 July 1917

1914 Star (11058 Pte. T. Heaton. 1/ Notts: & Derby: R.); British War and Victory Medals (11058 Pte. T. Heaton. Notts. & Derby. R.) good very fine (3) £100-£140

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

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Thomas Heaton was born in Horwell, Nottinghamshire in 1891 and attested for the Sherwood Foresters on 14 January 1909. He was posted to the 1st Battalion and was stationed overseas in India before serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 November 1914.

Heaton was wounded in action (gun-shot wounds to his right-arm) in France on 11 March 1915 and was repatriated to England. He subsequently transferred for Home Service with the Durham Light Infantry and then the West Yorkshire Regiment before being discharged due to wounds on 13 July 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.