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Auction: 8010 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 245

A Great War Group of Three to Bandsman L.J. Naish, Durham Light Infantry, Killed in Action, 9.8.1915 1914 Star, with Bar (9946 Pte. J. Naish. 2/Durh:L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9946 Pte. L.J. Naish. Durh. L.I.), very fine or better, mounted for wear (3) Estimate £ 180-220 9946 Bandsman Leonard Jacob Naish, born Camberwell, London; joined Durham Light Infantry aged 14, 28.7.1907, and was part of the Regimental Band in 1913; he served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry on the Western Front from 8.9.1914; he was killed in action 9.8.1915; the 2nd Battalion had entered the trenches at Hooge, 5.8.1915, with orders for an immediate assault on the German lines; the Battalion War Diary entry for 9.8.1915 gives details of the success of the assault, ´´a staff officer estimated the number of dead Germans found around the Stables to be 300, most of them bayoneted and about 200 were found in and about the Crater.... all the officers of the 2nd Line Company were killed (except two)´´; the battalion´´s casualties for the day were 6 officers killed and 6 wounded, 42 other ranks killed and 262 wounded; Naish is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

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