A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments

Three: Private E. Tiffney, West Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action on the Somme, 27 September 1916
1914-15 Star (2920 Pte. E. Tiffney. W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2920 Pte. E. Tiffney. W. York. R.) good very fine

Three: Private B. A. Neaves, West Yorkshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (2828 Pte. B. A. Neaves. W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2828 Pte. B. A. Neaves. W. York. R.) minor edge nicks, therefore very fine or better (6) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments.

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Edwin Tiffney was born in Ripon, Yorkshire, and served during the Great War with the 1/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment on the Western Front, from 14 October 1915. He was killed in action, 27 September 1916, when on the latter date the Battalion was ordered up to the trenches between the Leipzig Salient and Thiepval village on the Somme. The Battalion suffered 16 casualties in an aborted attack on the Schwaben Redoubt. Tiffney is commemorated on the Theipval Memorial, and the Ripon War Memorial.

Benjamin Albert Neaves served during the Great War with the 1/6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment in the French theatre of war, from 16 April 1915. He was discharged due to wounds, 27 July 1916.