Auction Catalogue

15 January 2025

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 178

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To be sold on: 15 January 2025

Estimate: £80–£100

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Pair: Corporal S. Taylor, Cheshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (18139 L.Cpl. (A. Cpl.) S. Taylor Ches: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19
(18139 Cpl. S. Taylor. Ches. R.) very fine

Pair: Private F. Hulse, Cheshire Regiment
British War Medal 1914-20 (243511 Pte. F. Hulse. Ches. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (243611 [sic] Pte. F. Hulse. Ches. R.) nearly very fine

Pair: Private J. F. Wright, Cheshire Regiment
British War Medal 1914-20 (59041 Pte. J. F. Wright. Ches. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (59041 Cpl [sic] J. F. Wright. Ches. R.) attempted erasure of rank on second, edge digs, good fine

Pair: Private H. Newbrook, Cheshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (76655 Pte. H. Newbrook. Ches. R.) very fine (8) £80-£100

Samuel Taylor attested into the Cheshire Regiment on 10 November 1914 for service during the Great War and served at Gallipoli with the 8th Battalion from 5 November 1915. He was later wounded on 11 May 1916 and discharged on 16 July 1917, being awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 216016.

Frank Hulse, a native of Crewe, was born on 25 October 1895. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 10th Battalion. Taken Prisoner of War at Dulmen on 26 March 1918, he was later discharged on 2 December 1918.

Harold Newbrook, a native of Scholar Green, Cheshire, was born in 1898. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion from 14 September 1918. He saw further service with the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and received a gun shot wound to the jaw on 1 October 1918. He was discharged on 8 February 1919 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B200084.