Three: Lieutenant H. J. Snowden, Hertfordshire Regiment, shot whilst visiting sentries at Richebourg, 11 January 1915

1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut., Herts. R.) this attractively gilded; British War Medal (Lieut.) extremely fine (3) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals to Officers Who Died During The Two World Wars.

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Harcourt John Snowden was born at Ramsgate on 12 December 1887, and educated at Hildersham House, St Peter’s; Parkfield, Haywards Heath; Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the Hertfordshire Regiment on 2 June 1913, and was promoted Lieutenant on 26 September 1914. On the outbreak of the war he volunteered for foreign service, and was killed in action in France and Flanders whilst visiting sentries early in the morning of 11 January 1915. ‘After seeing that the sentries were at their posts, he crossed the Rue du Bois, and in doing so was shot.’ An officer wrote of him ‘He was a fine example to us all of a good and straight living Englishman.’ Lieutenant Snowden is buried at Rue-Des-Berceaux Military Cemetery, Richebourg-Lavouep, France.