Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant F. Hinchliffe, Royal Garrison Artillery, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 25 March 1918

British War and Victory Medals (5432 Sjt. F. Hinchliffe. R.A.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, very fine and better (3) £70-£90

Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 April 1918.

Frederick James Hinchliffe was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in 1880. A policeman in civilian life, he attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 1 December 1915 and served on the Western Front with No. 148 Heavy Battery from 17 July 1916. According to the recipient’s Army Service Record he died of wounds on 25 March 1918, likely in consequence of the German Spring Offensive. Hinchliffe’s widow Alice later received his effects which were posted to ‘Toll Bar House’ in Mansfield. He is buried in the Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France.