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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 152

Three: Private S. Ormson, South Lancashire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (202016 Pte. S. Ormson. S. Lan. R.); Efficiency Medal, Territorial, G.V.R. (3647794 Pte. S. Ormson. 4-P. W. Vols.), mounted as worn, minor polishing, contact marks, very fine (3)

Sidney Ormson was born at Warrington, Lancashire on 4 August 1896, the son of Richard and Clara Ormson of 3 Quay Fold, Warrington. Enlisting with the South Lancashire Regiment during the Great War, Ormson suffered a gunshot wound to the right foot in 1917. The Warrington Guardian, 7 July 1917 states:

'Private S Ormson of the South Lancashire Regiment whose home address is 6 Ernest Street, Warrington has been wounded in the right foot (Gunshot wound) and is in hospital at Brook House, Burnage. In civil life he is an employee of Messers W D Houghton and Co, Sankey Wire Mills. Joining the Forces in August 1915, he has been at the front since January last. He was educated at Heathside School and attends the Working Men's Mission, Bank Quay'

After the war Ormson remained a member of the Territorial Army, joining the Reserve battalion of his old regiment whilst also working for the Warrington Highways Department. He died at Whitecross Hospital, Warrington on 5 December 1958 and was survived by his wife Lilly Ormson of 6 Ernest Street, Warrington; sold together with copied research comprising pension documents, M.I.C. and newspaper extracts from the Warrington Guardian as well as Baptism and Death certificates.

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£70