Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star, with copy clasp (8760 Pte. F. Hart. 2/Bord: R.); 1914 Star (2) (98827 Gnr: W. Bennett. R.F.A.; 8508 Pte. J. Taylor. 1/Worc: R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160

Frederick Arthur Hart was born in Reading in 1888 and is recorded in 1911 as a Private in the 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment., stationed at Longmoor Camp. Posted to France from 5 October 1914, he transferred to the 7th Battalion and was Killed in Action on 3 November 1916. The husband of Hannah Garmon (formerly Hart) of 35, Back, Portland Crescent, Leeds, he is buried on the Somme at the A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers.

William Bennett was born at Toxteth in 1873 and served in France with the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery from 16 August 1914. Transferred to the 34th Divisional Ammunition Column, he was discharged due to sickness on 8 November 1917 and issued a Silver War Badge; he died a few years later on 7 February 1921 and is buried at Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery.

James Taylor was born in 1894 and served in France with the 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment from 5 November 1914. Evacuated from the Western Front, he died from purulent bronchitis at the 13th General Hospital, Boulogne, on 24 February 1916. The son of James and Clara Taylor of 55 Geach Street, Birmingham, he is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.