A SUPERB "TWO BROTHERS" DOUBLE CASUALTY ASSEMBLY
"GALLIPOLI" & "ARRAS"
To:
9963 Pte.J.C POSTLE, 6th Lincolnshire Regt
1915 Star trio & plaque
KILLED IN ACTION 9th August 1915 at Gallipoli.

[HISTORY]
On 9 August 1915 at Yilghin Bumu, Gallipoli, Turkey, during an advancing action Pte John Postle was shot down in no mans land with a number of his comrades. The terrain where they fell was covered in scrub & grass which had been set on fire either by the Turks or by artillery fire. The heat from the burning was terrific and seeing the situation of his trapped & wounded men, Captain Percy Howard Hansen and his remaining unwounded men had been forced by the fire to retire leaving several wounded men behind. Being totally horrified by the situation Hansen immediately gathered three or four volunteers and dashed forward several times over 300-400 yards of open scrub and while under withering enemy fire succeeded in rescuing six wounded men from an inevitable and horrendous death by burning. Sadly John Postle wasn't one of the lucky survivors who were rescued and was sadly lost to the fire. Captain Hansen was awarded the VICTORIA CROSS for his extreme bravery.
John Postle has no known grave and is remembered with eternal honour on the Helles Memorial.


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322417 A.F. POSTLE, 2nd/ 6th London Regt (City of London Rifles).
Pair & Plaque
KILLED IN ACTION " ARRAS" 21st MAY 1917

[HISTORY]
On Monday 21st May 1917 - 2/6th Londons attacked Bovis Trench which was the Boche main line of defence on far side of Bullecourt. Two companies of the 6th were wiped out and total gain in prisoners and ground was nil.

According to 'The Cast Iron Sixth' by Capt. E.G. Godfrey M.C. the battle for Bovis Trench was the first major battle for the 2nd /6th Bn. Essentially only two companies were involved (A and B ) although D Company was involved in a flanking patrol and one platoon of C Company protected the left flank. A and B companies had severe casualties at the onset and lost most of its officers. There is also a great deal of uncertainty if the Bovis Trench was reached, or not, as all ground markers had been obliterated by artillery fire, in the period up to the attack. In addition, the Germans reportedly withdrew to second-line trenches and foxholes and fired upon the Bn from there.The Bn lost 13 officers and 226 other ranks killed, wounded, or missing in the Bullecourt area.

In the CO's final report he writes:
"Of the 111 men reported missing, four have since reported, and evidence points to the fact that the remainder were either killed or so severely wounded as to be unable to get back to our lines. Of eleven officers who went over only three have returned all of them wounded."

The attack was a dreadful failure, and the Bn had been reduced in numbers by 50%.

Arthur Postle has no known grave and is remembered with eternal honour on the Arras Memorial.










AN EMOTIVE, SAD, BUT HEROIC TWO BROTHERS' CASUALTY ASSEMBLY TO TWO YOUNG LINCOLNSHIRE LADS WHO GAVE THEIR ALL FOR OUR FREEDOM. ALL MEDALS ARE PRACTICALLY MINT & ARE NOW WITH MINT ORIGINAL RIBBONS REFLECTING OUR HONOUR TO THESE TWO LADS WHO NEVER WORE OR EVEN SAW THEIR MEDALS.
Charles Postal's full service papers have all survived and copies are included.Arthur Postle has basic papers & MIC

A Superb Grouping of Great Historical Importance.

£995 with part-exchanges welcome.