British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain L. G. Jude, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Somme in November 1916

British War and Victory Medals (Captain L. G. Jude), extremely fine (2) £80-100

Leo Gerald Jude, who first entered the French theatre of war as an Acting Captain in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in March 1916, was killed in action on 15 November of the same year, while serving in the 10th Battalion. On that date, his unit was ordered to launch an attack on “Munich Trench”, the relevant war diary reporting the men lost their direction in mist and sustained heavy casualties among officers. The son of Simon and Kathleen Jude of Liverpool, he was 20 years of age, and is buried in the New Munich Trench British Cemetery at Beaumont-Hamel.