Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant G. R. Daubeney, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on St. George’s Day, 23 April 1915

1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. G. R. Daubeney. R.W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. R. Daubeney.); Memorial Plaque (Giles Robert Daubeney), housed within an attractive contemporary glazed frame, fitted with a regimental cap badge, stain to VM, otherwise extremely fine (4) £400-£500

Giles Robert Daubeney was born in October 1895, the son of the Rev. Arthur Daubeney, Vicar of Herne, Kent. Whilst a medical student at Cambridge University he was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment and served during the Great War on the Western Front, attached to the 1st Battalion, from 20 January 1915. He was killed in action during the Second Battle of Ypres, South of Pilckem, on 23 April 1915. The Battalion War diary noted that his remains were recovered six days later ‘by Sergeant Bradley of ‘A’ Company, which he buried in Square C.14.C.64 of the Ypres Map’.

Daubeney has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, and also on a brass tablet within St. Peter’s Church, Ampney St. Peter, Gloucestershire.

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