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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 318

Pair: Second Lieutenant W.M. Hind, Durham Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W.M. Hind), nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private T.H. Tatters, Lincolnshire Regiment, Killed in Action, 17.4.1918
British War and Victory Medals (49803 Pte. T.H. Tatters. Linc. R.), good very fine, with Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque 'Thomas Henry Tatters', Cap Badge, shoulder title, button and photograph of recipient in uniform, this all glazed and framed (lot)

Second Lieutenant William Martin Hind, born Tynemouth, Durham, 1892; served as a Cadet in the Artists Rifles, O.T.C., from 9.12.1915; commissioned Second Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, 11.3.1916; served during the Great War with the Durham Light Infantry in the French theatre of war, and was wounded when a bullet passed through the back of his neck, 16.1.1917, at Flers Line, Lourenne, France; employed in the Department of the Director of Statistics in the Admiralty, from 4.10.1917; relinquished commission due to ill health caused by wounds, 4.6.1919.

49803 Private Thomas Henry Tatters, born Penshaw, Durham, 1900; served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment on the Western Front; he was killed in action, 17.4.1918; on the latter date the battalion were engaged around Wytschaete, Flanders, 'From the west, the 2/Lincolnshire and the battalion of the 39th Composite Brigade almost reached the German line; but they did not make good the Peckham craters, and, enfiladed from Spanbroekmolen which the French should have attacked, suffered heavy losses. The troops hung on until 5am on the 17th, when, as it was seen they could not remain in the position in daylight, they were withdrawn to the line about a thousand yards from Wytschaete' (Official History of the War, Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918, Vol. II, refers); Private Tatters is commemorated upon the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

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