Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private C. C. Stitch, Somerset Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (29303 Pte. C. C. Stitch. Som. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Private B. Stock, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 May 1915
British War and Victory Medals (9701 Pte. B. Stock. Som. L.I.) very fine

Pair: Corporal W. J. Tottle, Somerset Light Infantry, who died at home on 5 May 1919
British War and Victory Medals (202164 Cpl. W. Tottle. Som. L.I) in named cardboard box of issue, very fine

Pair: Private F. Urch, Somerset Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (26657 Pte. F. E. Urch. Som. L.I.) scratch across regimental no. on VM, otherwise very fine (8) £100-£140

Bertie Stock was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in 1897. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 11 November 1914. He died of wounds on 2 May 1915 and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Walter John Tottle, a gardener’s assistant from Bridgwater, Somerset, was born in 1893. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War, and served in both India and on the Western Front, with the 2/4th Battalion. He died in Bridgwater Hospital of the effects of influenza on 5 May 1919 and is buried in Bridgwater (St. John’s) Cemetery, Somerset.

Sold together with a Somerset Light Infantry cap badge and copied research.