Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. T. Cumberlidge, Royal Lancaster Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 March 1916

1914-15 Star (17226 Pte. W. T. Cumberlidge. R. Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (17226 Pte. W. T. Cumberlidge. R. Lanc. R.) very fine (3) £60-£80

William Thomas Cumberlidge was born in Hastings, Warwickshire, and attested for the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Blackburn. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 December 1915, and was killed in action on 2 March 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.