Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. S. Howe, East Kent Regiment, who was wounded in action in the aftermath of the Battle of Loos in 1915
1914-15 Star (G-910 Pte. G. S. Howe. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-910 Pte. G. S. Howe. E. Kent R.) very fine and better

Three: Private E. J. Inch, Royal Sussex Regiment
1914-15 Star (G-3815 Pte. E. J. Inch. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-3815 Pte. E. J. Inch. R. Suss. R.) good very fine (6) £100-£140

George Samuel Howe, a greaser, was born in Ipswich on 7 July 1878 and attested for the East Kent Regiment in London on 3 September 1914. Posted to France with the 6th Battalion from 1 June 1915, the recipient’s Army Service Record states that he received a gunshot wound to the left arm on 10 October 1915. Evacuated home to England 2 November 1915, he was discharged no longer physically fit for war service on 13 June 1917.

Edward John Inch, a clerk, was born in Lambeth on 14 January 1894 and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Steyning on 17 September 1914. Posted to the 7th Battalion, he served in France from 31 May 1915 and was discharged no longer physically fit for war service on 21 November 1916. Listed in 1939 as a solicitor living at 78 Westbrook Avenue, Margate, Kent, he died on 18 December 1962.

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