Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (Lieut. F. L. Buttler; 31745 Pte. L. Hutchings. R. War. R.; 306198 Pte. G. C. Rose. R. War. R.; 31781 Pte. A. D. Pearson. Worc. R.; 40413 A. Sjt. S. Devon. N. Staff. R.) rank officially corrected on last, generally very fine (5) £100-£140

Frank Leslie Buttler served during the Great War as a Lieutenant with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

Leslie Hutchings attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and served with them as part of the Warwickshire Brigade, South Midland Division, during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 March 1915. He was killed in action with the 1/7th Battalion on 25 June 1915 and is buried in Rifle House Cemetery, France.

George Charles Rose attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Aston in Birmingham on 14 June 1915. He served overseas with the 10th (Service) Battalion from 13 May 1917 and was killed in action on 12 April 1918 during the Battle of the Lys. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, France.

Alan Dobing Pearson, of Sheffield, was serving with the 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment when he was killed in action on 21 May 1917 during the battle of Arras. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Samuel Devon, of Burslem, Staffordshire, served during the Great War as an Acting Sergeant with the 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s) Regiment. He was killed in action on 19 November 1916 during the attack on Grandcourt as part of the battle of Ancre, when the 8th Battalion was cut off and most either killed or captured, and is buried at Grandcourt Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, France.
Devon’s medal index card indicates that his medals were returned and then reissued with the correct rank of A.Sjt in 1922. Sold with original named card box of issue and transmittal slip.