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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 271

Three: 2nd Lieutenant C. B. Sach, 1/13th (Princess Louise's Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment, who was killed in action on 1 July 1916, the First Day of the Battle of the Somme

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. B. Sach.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Charles Burleigh Sach), all housed in a glazed frame with cap Badges as assembled by his family, good very fine (Lot)

Charles Burleigh Sach was born on 18 May 1897 at Wandsworth, London, the son of Charles Frederick Sach, of 76 Lebanon Gardens, a Bookseller and Stationer. Educated at the City of London and Enamuel Schools, where he was in the School Officer Training Corps, Sach joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps at Berkhamsted and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Kensington Regiment on 24 December 1915. Sach landed in France on 25 May 1916 and joined his Regiment on 30 May, joining 'C' Company.

On 1 July 1916, the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, the unit were to attack in the Gommecourt Sector and at dawn numbered 24 Officers and over 500 other ranks. 'C' Company was under the Command of Captain Ware and numbered 90 men, they were to move forward as soon as the Battle opened and occupy the trenches that were to be left by 'A' Company and the right of the London Scottish. At 0750hrs they went forward and took over the trenches left by the London Scottish, without knowing the forward position. Smoke was thick and the enemy continued a heavy barrage, followed by machine-gun fire. It was in the period before noon that young Sachs was killed in action. By the close of the day, his unit had lost 16 Officers and 310 other ranks. Aged just 19, Sachs is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial.

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£1,700

Starting price
£1000