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Auction: 23002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 52

A tragic collection of four awarded brothers, two of whom were killed in action

Three: Private J. Marcham, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action during the Somme Offensive on 3 September 1916

1914-15 Star (13122 Pte J. Marcham. R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals (13122 Pte J. Marcham. R. Berks. R.); Memorial Plaque (James Marcham), the plaque heavily polished but legible, overall very fine (4)

Three: Private J. Marcham, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 20 October 1915

1914-15 Star; (14314 Pte J. Marcham. R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals (13122 Pte J. Marcham. R. Berks. R.); Memorial Plaque (Jesse Marcham), the plaque heavily polished but legible, overall very fine (4)

Four: Private F. Marcham, Royal Berkshire Regiment

1914-15 Star (13166 Pte F. Marcham. R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals (13122 Pte J. Marcham. R. Berks. R.); Civil Defence L.S. & G.C., very fine (4)

Four: Private W. G. Marcham, Royal Marines Light Infantry, who was taken prisoner of war on 28 April 1917
British War and Victory Medals (PO.1609-S- Pte. W. G. Marcham. R.M.L.I.); Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-1945, very fine (4)

James Marcham was born at Reading, the son of James and Annie Marcham, of Aldworth, Reading. Enlisting in that same city he entered the war in France on 7 August 1915 with the 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regimet. Serving there until the lasts days of the Somme Offensive when he was killed in action on 3 September 1916 in the attack on Wood Lane trench system. Marcham is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial; sold together with copied research as well as a Memorial Scroll named to 'James Marcham', framed and glazed.

Jesse Marcham was born at Aldowrth, the son of James and Annie Marcham, of Aldworth, Reading. Enlisting at Reading alongside his older brother with the 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment he entered the war in France on 7 August 1915. He is noted upon the Registry of effects, M.I.C. and medal roll as being killed in action on 20 October 1915. Although Soldiers Died in the Great War states that he died of wounds that day, he is buried in the Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery; sold together with copied research along with a Memorial Scroll named to Jesse Marcham, framed and glazed, named boxes of issue for the campaign pair and Two photographs of Gravestones at the Bois Guillaume Cemetery produced by R. Dawes, Albert, France.

Francis Marcham entered the war in France on 7 August 1915 with the 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Tragically he was the only brother serving with this unit to survived the war; sold together with a Royal Berkshire Regiment sweetheart brooch.

William George Marcham enlisted at the Portsmouth Depot on 31 August 1916 and transferred to the Royal Marine Brigade on 8 November 1916. Entering the war in France with the 1st Royal Marine Battalion on 2 February 1917, he served there until being reported missing there on 28 April 1917. Found to be a Prisoner of War he remained in Germany until after the end of the war, being repatriated on 13 January 1919. Marcham was invalided from service on 28 April 1919. He later saw service in the Second World War; sold together with copied research and a card postage box for the Second World War medals named and addressed to 'W. Marcham', of 'Bower Road, Aldworth, Nr Reading' and a Royal Marines sweetheart brooch.

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,300

Starting price
£1000