A Fine Collection of Medals to Officers Who Died During The Two World Wars

Three: Second Lieutenant C. E. C. Talbot, Somerset Light Infantry, killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915

1914-15 Star (2. Lieut., Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.) contained in a small black leather covered glazed display frame, extremely fine (3) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals to Officers Who Died During The Two World Wars.

View
Collection

Claude Eustace Chetwynd Talbot was born on 24 December 1893 at Bath, Somerset, and educated at St Edwards School, Bath, and Haileybury College. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos, on 25 September 1915, whilst serving with the 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. He was one of three officers of the regiment killed in this action.