Pair: Private S. A. Brand, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment, late 3/1st Suffolk Yeomanry and Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 27 September 1916

British War and Victory Medals (2657 Pte. S. A. Brand. Suff. R.); Memorial Plaque (Sidney Avril Brand) in card envelope, extremely fine (3) £120-£160

Sidney Avril Brand was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in 1891. Enlisting for the Suffolk Yeomanry at Bury St. Edmunds, he disembarked at Boulogne on 27 August 1916 and was soon transferred to the 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. Posted to the 7th Battalion on 7 September 1916, he was killed in action less than three weeks later, on 27 September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial, France.