A RARE & DESIRABLE “1st Day, Battle of Loos” CASUALTY 1914 Star & Bar Trio.
To:
8624. Pte H. WELLS. 2nd Bn LEICESTERSHIRE REGt.
KILLED IN ACTION. 25th SEPTEMBER 1915.
[BIOGRAPHY] ( -1915 )
Harry is yet another “Old Contemptible” British hero that we know very little about as his service papers have not survived.
8624, Pte Harry Wells joined the Leicestershire regt in about March 1909.
He landed in France on 12th October 1914 with 2nd Bn Leicestershire Rgt and took part in most of the major engagements in late 1914 and was Promoted to Lance Corporal, probably some time in mid-1915. Sadly, eleven months later on 25th September 1915, Harry was Killed in Action on 1st Day of The Battle of Loos.
His medal index card just coldly records “PRESUMED DEAD”
Previously offered by us as a “single 1914 star & bar “...by a rare miracle of fate by a sharp eyed collector, who found Harry’s previously missing pair, we have now reunited them with his 1914 Star & Bar. In many cases the 1914 stars were issued & sent to next of kin of casualties some months before the pairs which were sent out later. So, it’s entirely possible that these three medals have never actually been together before.
Like so very many men lost in this bloody battle, his body was lost without trace and he has no known grave.
Harry Wells is commemorated with Eternal Honour on Panel 42-44 of The Loos Memorial, France.
LEST WE FORGET THE TRUE COST OF OUR FREEDOM.
A rare opportunity to add a rare & now complete 1st Day of Loos casualty to your collection. Harry’s Medals are all “Mint State” with their original ribbons & clasp and come with copy CWG paperwork & M.I.C.
£795
His medal index card just coldly records “PRESUMED DEAD”
Previously offered by us as a “single 1914 star & bar “...by a rare miracle of fate by a sharp eyed collector, who found Harry’s previously missing pair, we have now reunited them with his 1914 Star & Bar. In many cases the 1914 stars were issued & sent to next of kin of casualties some months before the pairs which were sent out later. So, it’s entirely possible that these three medals have never actually been together before.
Like so very many men lost in this bloody battle, his body was lost without trace and he has no known grave.
Harry Wells is commemorated with Eternal Honour on Panel 42-44 of The Loos Memorial, France.
LEST WE FORGET THE TRUE COST OF OUR FREEDOM.
A rare opportunity to add a rare & now complete 1st Day of Loos casualty to your collection. Harry’s Medals are all “Mint State” with their original ribbons & clasp and come with copy CWG paperwork & M.I.C.
£795