Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Three: Sapper S. G. Fenwick, Royal Engineers, who was killed in action on the Somme on 23 October 1916
1914-15 Star (456 Spr. S. G. Fenwick. R.E.; British War and Victory Medals (456 Spr. S. G. Fenwick. R.E.); Memorial Plaque (Sydney George Fenwick) in original card envelope extremely fine

Three: Sapper A. Fenwick, Royal Engineers, who was killed in action on the Aisne on 27 May 1918
1914-15 Star (2616 Spr. A. Fenwick. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (2616 Spr. A. Fenwick. R.E.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Fenwick) extremely fine (8) £200-£240

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward De Santis.

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Sydney George Fenwick was born in Christchurch, Hampshire in 1895 and, in company with his brother Albert, enlisted in the Royal Engineers on the outbreak of war. Posted to 1/1st (Home Counties) Field Company, R.E., he was embarked for France at the end of December 1914 and first saw action at Neuve Chapelle in March 1915. Subsequently deployed to the Somme, he was killed in action there on 23 October 1916. The son of Frederick and Ann Fenwick of Seaford Road, Eastbourne, he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Sold with a copied portrait photograph.

Albert Fenwick was born in Eastbourne, Sussex in 1893 and, in company with his brother Sydney, enlisted in the Royal Engineers on the outbreak of war. Posted to 1/1st (Home Counties) Field Company, R.E., he was embarked for France at the end of December 1914 and first saw action at Neuve Chapelle in March 1915. Having then also served on the Somme – where his brother was killed in action – Albert was promoted to Lance-Corporal in 490 Field Company, R.E. and was killed in action on the Aisne on 27 May 1918. He, too, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, France.