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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 307

Three: Corporal W. Blake, Suffolk Regiment
1914-15 Star (2408 L. Cpl. W. Blake, Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2408 A. Cpl. W. Blake. Suff. R.), very fine

Three: Private G.W. Cammack, Kings Royal Rifle Corps
1914-15 Star (5991 Pte. G.W. Cammack, K.R.Rif.C.); British War and Victory Medals (5991 Pte. G.W. Cammack. K.R.Rif.C.), very fine

Pair: Lieutenant J.S. Collins, Norfolk Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J.S. Collins), good very fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant S. Hodson
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. S. Hodson.), good very fine

Pair: Private R. Hawkins, Royal Berkshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (9140 Pte. R. Hawkins. R. Berks. R.), very fine

Pair: Private G.E. Taylor, Royal West Surrey Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (G-40105 Pte. G.E. Taylor. The Queen's R.), very fine or better

Pair: Private A.J. Lambert, Royal West Kent Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (G-25002 Pte. A.J. Lambert. R.W. Kent R.), good very fine

Pair: Private Brimelow, Royal West Kent Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (27609 Pte. W. Brimelow. R.W. Kent. R.), good very fine

Pair: Private N. Jones, Worcestershire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (44072 Pte. N. Jones. Worc. R.), BWM officially renamed, nearly very fine (20)

43833 Corporal Wallace Blake, born Sudbury, Suffolk, 1895; served during the Great War with the Suffolk Regiment in the Balkans theatre of war, from 10.8.1915; discharged as a result of Chronic Nephritis, 3.7.1917.

Lieutenant John Stratford Collins, born 1897; served during the Great War with the 12th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment on the Western Front; commissioned 7.4.1916; suffered a grenade wound to the head, 20.6.1917, whilst instructing N.C.O.'s in throwing live grenades; he was killed in action, 5.4.1916, at Bouzincourt Ridge, being the sole Officer of a total of 127 casualties from the Regiment during the day. During the action '...fire was so intense that very heavy casualties occured in the first few moments', Private Longley's witness statement of the event gives, 'Two companies were sent up near Albert to support the Berks., but we found the Huns in position. We attacked them and Lt. Collins got wounded twice by bullets, the 2nd killed him. We had to retire and left 30 or 40 men behind who had been killed or wounded. I am sure Lt. Collins was killed'; Collins is buried in the Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, France.

9140 Private Robert Hawkins, born Reading; served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment on the Western Front, from 6.11.1914 (entitled to 1914 Star and Bar); he was killed in action, 27.5.1918, on which date the 2nd Battalion were in action during the Battle of the Aisne, 'Heavy casualties had already been suffered in the bombardment, so that by 5a.m., though some parts of the line could still hold on until surrounded, the enemy managed to break through both the Forward Zone and the Battle Zone. The few survivors of the two and a half battalions then fell back across the Aisne' (Official History of the War, Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918, Vol II, refers); Hawkins is commemorated upon the Soissons Memorial, France.

G-40105 Lance Corporal George Edward Taylor, born Hampstead, Middlesex; served during the Great War with the 6th Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment on the Western Front; he was killed in action, 14.10.1917, and is commemorated upon the Arras Memorial, France.

44072 Private Norman Jones, born Bedwllty, Monmouth, March 1899; served during the Great War with the 2nd/8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment on the Western Front; he was killed in action, 9.6.1918, and is buried at the St . Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery, Robecq, France.

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