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Auction: 23112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 536

A poignant husband and wife's collection

Pair: Sergeant T. C. Barcham, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action on 12 October 1916

British War and Victory Medals (15744 Sjt. T. C. Barcham. Norf. R.), good very fine (2)

Pair: Forewoman C. W. Barcham, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, daughter of Wormald de Lisle Henry de Burgh-Lawson, of the de Burgh-Lawson baronets

British War and Victory Medals (3088 Fwn. C. W. Barcham. Q.M.A.A.C.), good very fine (2)

Thomas Colin Barcham was born at Knapton, Norfolk on 22 August 1887, the son of Herbert and Alice Barton of Rougham, Norfolk. His father was a farmer and livestock auctioneer and Barcham followed him into this role, being listed as an 'auctioneer' on the 1911 census.

It was likely in this role that he met Constance Wormald de Burgh-Lawson, the granddaughter of the first de Burgh-Lawson baronet and daughter of Wormald de Lisle Henry de Burgh-Lawson, listed as a potato and fodder merchant. The couple married on 6 February 1916 at Kingsclere, Hampshire not long before he went off to war.

Barcham joined the Norfolk Regiment at Norwich, Norfolk being posted to the 7th Battalion. Posted to the Battalion in 1916 he saw heavy fighting during the Somme Offensive. Barcham was killed in the attack on Bayonet and Scabbard Trenches on 12 October 1916, the unit suffered heavy losses with 92 men killed in action.

Constance Wormald Barcham (nee de Burgh-Lawson) was born at Eastcroft, Lincolnshire in 1896, the daughter of Alice and Wormald de Lisle Henry de Burgh-Lawson. She was also the granddaughter of Sir Henry de Burgh-Lawson, the first de Burgh-Lawson baronet. She grew up in Arksey, Yorkshire where her father was a potato and fodder merchant before moving to Norfolk where she met Thomas Colin Barcham, the couple married at Kingsclere on February 1916.

It appears the death of her husband on the Somme in October 1916 spurred Barcham to join Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps on as a Forewoman. She served from 24 September 1917 in France, before returning to Britain on 4 August 1918.

Working as a Ladies outfitter after the war Barcham lived in London between Hendon and Wembley. After the death of her father in 1941 she moved to Anglesey, Wales dying their on 21 December 1949; sold together with copied research.

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Sold for
£180

Starting price
£100