WELCOME TO OUR “SPECIAL” 1st DAY, BATTLE OF THE SOMME SECTION. THIS LISTING CONTAINS MEDALS, PLAQUES & OTHER ITEMS WITH PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO THIS WORLD CHANGING BATTLE.
£FIRST DAY OF THE SOMME. 07:30am 1st JULY 1916
WELCOME TO OUR “SPECIAL”1st DAY, BATTLE OF THE SOMME SECTION. THIS LISTING CONTAINS MEDALS, PLAQUES & OTHER ITEMS WITH PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO THIS WORLD CHANGING BATTLE. PERHAPS NEVER BEFORE IN HUMAN HISTORY HAS THERE BEEN A BETTER KNOWN & MORE ACCURATE \'TIME\' OF A BATTLE\'S START THAN 07:30 IN THE BRIGHT EARLY MORNING SUNSHINE OF SATURDAY 1st JULY 1916. WHEN THE CLOCK HANDS REACHED THAT MOMENT , THE HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD CHANGED FOR EVER. THESE PAGES ARE A TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVERY & THE SACRIFICES MADE BY THE MEN OF THE 1st JULY 1916.
A Rare & Totally Complete FIRST DAY, BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1914-15 Trio, Memorial Plaque & Scroll. To: 16628, Pte. W. MAY, 2nd Royal Berkshire Regt. KILLED IN ACTION, 1st JULY 1916. Age 31,
From Reading.
£1350
A Rare & Totally Complete FIRST DAY, BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1914-15 Trio, Memorial Plaque & Scroll. To: 16628, Pte. W. MAY, 2nd Royal Berkshire Regt. KILLED IN ACTION, 1st JULY 1916. Age 31, From Reading.
A DESIRABLE & HIGHLY EMOTIVE (FIRST DAY of THE SOMME)
(Beaumont-Hamel-Serre)“CASUALTY” 1914-15 Trio.
Pte. 3/12890. Willie Naylor. 2nd West Riding Regiment.
KILLED IN ACTION, 1st JULY 1916. Age 25
£1250
A DESIRABLE & HIGHLY EMOTIVE (FIRST DAY of THE SOMME) (Beaumont-Hamel-Serre)“CASUALTY” 1914-15 Trio. Pte. 3/12890. Willie Naylor. 2nd West Riding Regiment. KILLED IN ACTION, 1st JULY 1916. Age 25
AN EXCESSIVELY RARE & SUPERB 1st DAY of THE SOMME “CASUALTY” MILITARY MEDAL & 1914-1915 TRIO. To: G-5301. L/Cpl E. ROYAL. 8th “BILLIE NEVILL FOOTBALLS” Bn. EAST SURREY REGt. KILLED-IN-ACTION 1.7.1916
£SOLD
AN EXCESSIVELY RARE & SUPERB 1st DAY of THE SOMME “CASUALTY” MILITARY MEDAL & 1914-1915 TRIO. To: G-5301. L/Cpl E. ROYAL. 8th “BILLIE NEVILL FOOTBALLS” Bn. EAST SURREY REGt. KILLED-IN-ACTION 1st JULY 1916. FROM NORWICH.
An Outstanding 1st DAY OF THE SOMME Redan Ridge, Beaumont Hamel-Serre. “CASUALTY” 1914-15 Trio, Plaque, Photo & Full Papers. S/11987 Rflm. HENRY SLATER.1st Rifle Brigade.(& 9th Lancers) KILLED-in-ACTION 1st July 1916
£1950
An Outstanding 1st DAY BATTLE OF THE SOMME Redan Ridge, Beaumont Hamel-Serre. “CASUALTY” 1914-15 Trio, Plaque, Photo & Full Papers.To: S/11987 Rifleman, Pte. HENRY SLATER 1st Bn Rifle Brigade. (Previously 3324. 9th Lancers) KILLED-in-ACTION 1st July 1916.
A HIGHLY DESIRABLE 1914-1915 “BEAUMONT-HAMEL” CASUALTY TRIO. To: 13397. Pte J. TAYLOR 1st Bn LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS.
KILLED IN ACTION. SATURDAY 1st JULY 1916. “FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME”.
£SOLD (Gone Home To Lancashire)
A HIGHLY DESIRABLE 1914-1915 “BEAUMONT-HAMEL” CASUALTY TRIO. To: 13397. Pte J. TAYLOR 1st Bn LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION. SATURDAY 1st JULY 1916. “FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME”.
A RARE & CLASSIC “FIRST DAY, BATTLE of THE SOMME” Old Contemptible’s” Military Medal & 1914 Star & Bar Trio, with I.S.M. To: 9548. F.W. BRIDGE. 1st SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY.
Later a Postman in Deal, Kent.
£2550
A RARE & CLASSIC “FIRST DAY, BATTLE of THE SOMME” Old Contemptible’s” Military Medal & 1914 Star & Bar Trio, with I.S.M. To: 9548. F.W. BRIDGE. 1st SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY. Later a Postman in Deal, Kent.
A VERY SCARCE (FIRST DAY of THE SOMME) “LEEDS PALS” CASUALTY, 1914-15 Star Trio. To. 15-687 Pte Thomas T. Noble 15th West Yorks Regt. “SERIOUSLY WOUNDED ON 1st JULY 1916 IN THE ATTACK AT SERRE”
£SOLD (EXPORT)
A VERY SCARCE (FIRST DAY of THE SOMME) “LEEDS PALS” CASUALTY, 1914-15 Star Trio. To. 15-687 Pte Thomas T. Noble 15th West Yorks Regt. “SERIOUSLY WOUNDED ON 1st JULY 1916 IN THE ATTACK AT SERRE”
A “UNIQUE” & VERY RARE, ORIGINALLY UNNAMED DEATH PLAQUE & ORIGINAL UNNAMED 1914-15 STAR TRIO. We Dedicate This Grouping To: The Unknown Soldier & All The Men Who Gave Their Lives on 1st JULY 1916.
£SOLD ( in two hours )
A “UNIQUE” & VERY RARE, ORIGINALLY UNNAMED DEATH PLAQUE with AN ORIGINAL UNNAMED 1914-15 STAR TRIO. WE DEDICATE THIS GROUPING TO “THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, SAILOR or AIRMAN” & ALL THE SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN ACTION ON 1st JULY 1916.
A RARE & DESIRABLE “FIRST DAY of THE BATTLE of THE SOMME” PLAQUE To: 301389 Pte ERNEST PERRIN SOWBY 1/5th LONDON RIFLES KILLED-IN-ACTION at GOMMECOURT 1st JULY 1916
£295
A RARE & DESIRABLE “FIRST DAY of THE BATTLE of THE SOMME” PLAQUE To: 301389 Pte ERNEST PERRIN SOWBY 1/5th LONDON RIFLES. KILLED-IN-ACTION at GOMMECOURT 1st JULY 1916