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Auction: 22101 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 341

A poignant Family Group to three brothers, all killed in action between 1916-17:

Three: Private E. Wyer, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele on 4 October 1917

1914-15 Star (10912 Pte E. Wyer. Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10912 Pte. E. Wyer. Linc. R.), slight edge bruise, very fine

Three: Private W. Wyer, 9th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, killed in action on 14 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme

1914-15 Star (14004 Pte W. Wyer. Leic: R.); 14004 Pte. W. Wyer. Leic. R.), edge wear, very fine

Three: Private R. W. W., 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, killed in action on the third day of the Somme

1914-15 Star (12129 Pte R. W. Wyer, Linc'R.); British War and Victory Medals (12129 Pte. R. W. Wyer. Linc. R.), minor edge wear, very fine (9)

Edmund Wyer was born at Haconby, Lincolnshire in 1887, the son of William and Sarah Wyer of Haconby, Lincolnshire. Noted as a farm labourer in 1911 he enlisted with the Lincolnshire Regiment on 3 September 1914 and was posted to the 8th Battalion on 6 September. Wyer entered the war in France on 10 September 1915; only a fortnight later the 8th Battalion was thrown into the fighting at Loos on 25 September 1915.

Wyer survived the fighting and carried on serving until he was wounded in action, with his records noting a gunshot wound to the right arm on 16 April 1917. Recovering from his injuries by October Wyre was in action during the Battle of Broodseinde, part of the wider Battle of Passchendaele, fought on 4 October 1917. The 8th Battalion moved off at 06:00 with their objective being enemy positions south of the Menin Road. The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment states:

'The Somerset and Lincolnshire formed up under the greatest difficulties, and at 6 a.m. attacked the enemy. But from the time they left their assembly positions both battalions came under murderous machine-gun fire.
The only comment made by the 8th Lincolnshire in their Battalion Diary is "Attack unsuccessful".'

Wyre fell during the fighting on 4 October and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial; sold together with copied service records, Commonwealth War Graves details and an extract from the History of the Lincolnshire Regiment relating to 4 October 1917 along with photographs of a British church memorial naming the recipient and his two brothers.

William Wyer was born at Haconby, Lincolnshire in 1894 the son of William and Sarah Wyer of Haconby Lincolnshire. Enlisting with the Leicestershire Regiment on 7 September 1914 he was posted to 9th Battalion on 27 September and entered the war in France on 29 July 1915. Wyer was fatally wounded on 14 July 1916 on the same day as a battalion attack towards Mametz and later Bazentin Le Petit Woods. He died the same day and was buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe; sold together with copied service records and Commonwealth War Graves details.

Robert Wilson Wyer was born at Haconby, Lincolnshire in 1885, the son of William and Sarah Wyer of Haconby, Lincolnshire. He served with 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment during the Great War and was part of the force which launched a highly successful assault upon Crucifix Trench between Fricourt and Contalmaison. The attack ended with over nine hundred enemy prisoners taken, along with two field guns and two machine guns however Wyer was killed in the fighting. He is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial; sold together with copied M.I.C., Commonwealth War Graves details and an extract from the History of the Lincolnshire Regiment.

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Sold for
£450

Starting price
£320