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Three: Engineman W. J. Tolhurst, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (S.T. 107, W. J....
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Three: Engineman W. J. Tolhurst, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (S.T. 107, W. J. Tolhurst, Tr., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (4898E.S. W. J. Tolhurst. Engn. R.N.R.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine
Pair: Private T. R. Cheary, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 August 1918
British War and Victory Medals (G-12087 Pte. T. R. Cheary. R.W. Kent R.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine
Pair: Private W. R. Croucher, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War, most likely on 3 May 1917, and died in captivity on 7 September 1917
British War and Victory Medals (G-23102 Pte. W. R. Croucher. R.W. Kent R.) in named card box of issue, and outer OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mrs. E. Croucher, 51 Church Road, Swanscombe, Kent’, extremely fine
Memorial Plaque (Herbery Charles Bobby); together with the named Record Office enclosure for the recipient’s British War and Victory Medals, addressed to ‘Mrs. J. Bobby, 26 High Street, Galley Hill, Swanscombe, Kent’, extremely fine (8) £120-£160
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Walter James Tolhurst was born in Gravesend, Kent, on 25 October 1888 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve as a Trimmer on 20 April 1915. Re-rated as an Engineman on 21 August 1916, he served for the rest of the War in the depot-ship H.M.S. Ceto.
Thomas Richard Cheary was born at Ash-cum-Ridley, Kent, in 1890 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Gravesend on 8 December 1915. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 July 1916, before transferring to the 7th Battalion on 13 July 1916. He was killed in action during an assault near Albert on 23 August 1918 and is buried in Becourt Military Cemetery, France.
William Robert Croucher was born at East Farleigh, Kent,on 17 July 1876 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Gravesend on 11 December 1915. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 January 1917, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War, most likely during the costly assault on Devil’s Trench on 3 May 1917, where many of his battalion were cut off and forced to surrender due to isolation and lack of supplies. He died in captivity at Wittemberg, Germany, on 7 September 1917, and is buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany.
Herbert Charles Bobby was born in Swanscombe, Kent, in 1892, ansd attested for the West Kent Yeomanry (Queen’s Own) in August 1915. Dismounted and transferred to the 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He was killed in action, shot by a sniper, during his battalion’s attack in heavy snow on the enemy positions at Neuville St. Vaast, north of Arras, on 9 April 1917, and is buried in Bois-Carre British Cemetery, France.
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1914-15 Star (S.T. 107, W. J. Tolhurst, Tr., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (4898E.S. W. J. Tolhurst. Engn. R.N.R.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine
Pair: Private T. R. Cheary, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 August 1918
British War and Victory Medals (G-12087 Pte. T. R. Cheary. R.W. Kent R.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine
Pair: Private W. R. Croucher, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War, most likely on 3 May 1917, and died in captivity on 7 September 1917
British War and Victory Medals (G-23102 Pte. W. R. Croucher. R.W. Kent R.) in named card box of issue, and outer OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mrs. E. Croucher, 51 Church Road, Swanscombe, Kent’, extremely fine
Memorial Plaque (Herbery Charles Bobby); together with the named Record Office enclosure for the recipient’s British War and Victory Medals, addressed to ‘Mrs. J. Bobby, 26 High Street, Galley Hill, Swanscombe, Kent’, extremely fine (8) £120-£160
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Walter James Tolhurst was born in Gravesend, Kent, on 25 October 1888 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve as a Trimmer on 20 April 1915. Re-rated as an Engineman on 21 August 1916, he served for the rest of the War in the depot-ship H.M.S. Ceto.
Thomas Richard Cheary was born at Ash-cum-Ridley, Kent, in 1890 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Gravesend on 8 December 1915. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 July 1916, before transferring to the 7th Battalion on 13 July 1916. He was killed in action during an assault near Albert on 23 August 1918 and is buried in Becourt Military Cemetery, France.
William Robert Croucher was born at East Farleigh, Kent,on 17 July 1876 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Gravesend on 11 December 1915. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 January 1917, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War, most likely during the costly assault on Devil’s Trench on 3 May 1917, where many of his battalion were cut off and forced to surrender due to isolation and lack of supplies. He died in captivity at Wittemberg, Germany, on 7 September 1917, and is buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany.
Herbert Charles Bobby was born in Swanscombe, Kent, in 1892, ansd attested for the West Kent Yeomanry (Queen’s Own) in August 1915. Dismounted and transferred to the 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He was killed in action, shot by a sniper, during his battalion’s attack in heavy snow on the enemy positions at Neuville St. Vaast, north of Arras, on 9 April 1917, and is buried in Bois-Carre British Cemetery, France.
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Three: Engineman W. J. Tolhurst, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (S.T. 107, W. J. Tolhurst, Tr., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (4898E.S. W. J. Tolhurst. Engn. R.N.R.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine
Pair: Private T. R. Cheary, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 August 1918
British War and Victory Medals (G-12087 Pte. T. R. Cheary. R.W. Kent R.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine
Pair: Private W. R. Croucher, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War, most likely on 3 May 1917, and died in captivity on 7 September 1917
British War and Victory Medals (G-23102 Pte. W. R. Croucher. R.W. Kent R.) in named card box of issue, and outer OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mrs. E. Croucher, 51 Church Road, Swanscombe, Kent’, extremely fine
Memorial Plaque (Herbery Charles Bobby); together with the named Record Office enclosure for the recipient’s British War and Victory Medals, addressed to ‘Mrs. J. Bobby, 26 High Street, Galley Hill, Swanscombe, Kent’, extremely fine (8) £120-£160
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Walter James Tolhurst was born in Gravesend, Kent, on 25 October 1888 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve as a Trimmer on 20 April 1915. Re-rated as an Engineman on 21 August 1916, he served for the rest of the War in the depot-ship H.M.S. Ceto.
Thomas Richard Cheary was born at Ash-cum-Ridley, Kent, in 1890 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Gravesend on 8 December 1915. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 July 1916, before transferring to the 7th Battalion on 13 July 1916. He was killed in action during an assault near Albert on 23 August 1918 and is buried in Becourt Military Cemetery, France.
William Robert Croucher was born at East Farleigh, Kent,on 17 July 1876 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Gravesend on 11 December 1915. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 January 1917, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War, most likely during the costly assault on Devil’s Trench on 3 May 1917, where many of his battalion were cut off and forced to surrender due to isolation and lack of supplies. He died in captivity at Wittemberg, Germany, on 7 September 1917, and is buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany.
Herbert Charles Bobby was born in Swanscombe, Kent, in 1892, ansd attested for the West Kent Yeomanry (Queen’s Own) in August 1915. Dismounted and transferred to the 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He was killed in action, shot by a sniper, during his battalion’s attack in heavy snow on the enemy positions at Neuville St. Vaast, north of Arras, on 9 April 1917, and is buried in Bois-Carre British Cemetery, France.
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1914-15 Star (S.T. 107, W. J. Tolhurst, Tr., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (4898E.S. W. J. Tolhurst. Engn. R.N.R.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine
Pair: Private T. R. Cheary, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 August 1918
British War and Victory Medals (G-12087 Pte. T. R. Cheary. R.W. Kent R.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine
Pair: Private W. R. Croucher, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War, most likely on 3 May 1917, and died in captivity on 7 September 1917
British War and Victory Medals (G-23102 Pte. W. R. Croucher. R.W. Kent R.) in named card box of issue, and outer OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mrs. E. Croucher, 51 Church Road, Swanscombe, Kent’, extremely fine
Memorial Plaque (Herbery Charles Bobby); together with the named Record Office enclosure for the recipient’s British War and Victory Medals, addressed to ‘Mrs. J. Bobby, 26 High Street, Galley Hill, Swanscombe, Kent’, extremely fine (8) £120-£160
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Walter James Tolhurst was born in Gravesend, Kent, on 25 October 1888 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve as a Trimmer on 20 April 1915. Re-rated as an Engineman on 21 August 1916, he served for the rest of the War in the depot-ship H.M.S. Ceto.
Thomas Richard Cheary was born at Ash-cum-Ridley, Kent, in 1890 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Gravesend on 8 December 1915. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 July 1916, before transferring to the 7th Battalion on 13 July 1916. He was killed in action during an assault near Albert on 23 August 1918 and is buried in Becourt Military Cemetery, France.
William Robert Croucher was born at East Farleigh, Kent,on 17 July 1876 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Gravesend on 11 December 1915. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 January 1917, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War, most likely during the costly assault on Devil’s Trench on 3 May 1917, where many of his battalion were cut off and forced to surrender due to isolation and lack of supplies. He died in captivity at Wittemberg, Germany, on 7 September 1917, and is buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany.
Herbert Charles Bobby was born in Swanscombe, Kent, in 1892, ansd attested for the West Kent Yeomanry (Queen’s Own) in August 1915. Dismounted and transferred to the 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He was killed in action, shot by a sniper, during his battalion’s attack in heavy snow on the enemy positions at Neuville St. Vaast, north of Arras, on 9 April 1917, and is buried in Bois-Carre British Cemetery, France.
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