Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (2.Lieut. B. Crone; 242305 Pte. C. Bishop. Lan. Fus.; 20274 Pte. A. Bartlett. E. Lan. R.) generally very fine (3) £60-£80

Bertram John Fenwick Crone, of Brighton, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) and served with the 7th (Service) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died of wounds on 13 September 1916; the Battalion had been in action throughout the summer on the Somme. He is buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France.

Charles Bishop, of Liverpool, attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers and served with the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 6 September 1917 during the third battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) when the battalion was heavily involved in the attack on Borry Farm, sustaining multiple casualties. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

Albert Bartlett originally attested for the 3rd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (number 6438) before transferring to the East Lancashire Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 April 1915, and was killed in action on 18 May 1915 during the Second battle of Ypres. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.