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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 859

Three: Private A. Rishman, 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was 'found dead' following the First Battle of Gaza on 27 March 1917

1914-15 Star (4-1758 Pte. A. Rishman, R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1758 Pte. A. Rishman, R. Suss. R), edge cut to second, nearly very fine (3)

Albert Rishman, a native of South Bearstead, Sussex, enlisted at Bognor Regis and first saw action with the 1/4th Battalion in Gallipoli, landing at 'C' Beach, Suvla Bay at midnight on 8 August 1915; the following day, Rishman and his comrades supported a costly attack on Scimitar Hill. By early October, the Battalion's strength had been reduced to about 200 officers and men, as a result of which it was temporarily amalgamated with the 2/4th Queen's.

He subsequently served in the Egypt and Palestine operations and was 'found dead' at the First Battle of Gaza on 27 March 1917 (his MIC refers), one of just two fatalities suffered by the Battalion on that date. Having fought a valiant battle the day before, the 4/Sussex were not actively engaged on the 27th, but the lines were heavily shelled and Rishman may have been killed at this time.

Aged 23, he was the grandson of Mrs. E. Rishman of 170 London Road, Bognor, Sussex. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial; sold with two original photographic postcards, depicting soldiers of the recipient's Battalion parading at Arundel in August 1914.


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Estimate
£80 to £120

Starting price
£60

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