Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant L. G. Hadenham, East Surrey Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 18 July 1916

1914-15 Star (4769 Sjt. L. G. Hadenham. E. Surr. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. L. G. Hadenham) all in named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Laurence George Hadenham) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family.

Laurence George Hadenham was born in Little Wenlock, Shropshire, and attested for the East Surrey Regiment, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 July 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 29 November 1915, and subsequently served with the 9th Battalion. He received a gunshot to the head whilst in the communication trenches at Messines on the morning of 17 July 1916, and died of his wounds the following day, 18 July 1916, at No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station. He is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

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