Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A scarce Great War casualty pair awarded to Lance Corporal W. E. Rump, 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed by a bomb dropped on Felixstowe during a Gotha raid on 4 July 1917

British War and Victory Medals (21080 Pte. W. E. Rump. Suff. R.); Memorial Plaque (William Earnest Rump) generally good very fine (3) £180-£220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Suffolk Regiment.

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William Ernest Rump was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. He initially served during the Great War with the 12th (Service) Battalion (East Anglian), Suffolk Regiment on the Western Front. He advanced to Lance Corporal, and transferred to the 3rd Battalion, a training unit based at Felixstowe. Lance Corporal Rump was one of eight soldiers killed during a Gotha raid on Felixstowe on 4 July 1917 - the UK Army Register of Soldier’s Effects gives killed by ‘Hostile Aircraft, Felixstowe, 4.7.1917.’

The raid also caused 4 civilian casualties in the town, and damage to a number of buildings. The soldiers were carrying out exercises on the beach at the time of the raid. Lance Corporal Rump is buried in Caister Old Cemetery, Norfolk.