Medals to the Liverpool Regiment from the Collection of Hal Giblin

1914 Stars (2), comprising (2947 Pte. F. McQuilliam, 10/L’pool. R.); (3098 Pte. G. McNab, 10/L’pool. R.) good very fine (2) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to the Liverpool Regiment from the Collection of Hal Giblin.

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Frederick McQuilliam was born, lived and enlisted in Liverpool. He was one of the original contingent of the Liverpool Scottish to travel to France aboard the S.S. Maidan in November 1914, and was killed in action in France and Flanders on 15 December 1915, having been posted missing on that date and his body discovered four days later by men of the Lincolnshire Regiment. Sold with copied news cutting, including photo of recipient.

George McNab was born, lived and enlisted at Liverpool. He was one of the original contingent of the Liverpool Scottish to travel to France aboard the S.S. Maidan in November 1914, and was killed in action in France and Flanders on 16 June 1915 during the charge at Hooge. McNab had lost his brother in August 1914, one of three British apprentices washed overboard from a German sailing vessel. A potential war crime that was never investigated. Sold with a copy of two news cuttings which include a photograph of recipient, together with excerpts from his last letter home on the eve of the Battle of Hooge.