A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties

Pair: Private J. Scott, Border Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, on which date the 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion suffered almost 500 casualties

British War and Victory Medals (23299 Pte. J. Scott. Bord. R.); Memorial Plaque (Joe Scott) in card envelope, extremely fine (3) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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Joe Scott was born in Levens, Westmorland, and attested for the Border Regiment at Kendal, Westmorland, on 13 December 1915. He served with the 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion was involved in the attack on the Leipzig Salient. They advanced from assemble positions in Authuille Wood at 8:00 a.m. and came under very heavy machine gun fire from the Nord Werk on the right flank. The Commanding Officer and almost all the officers were killed, and the Battalion suffered total casualties that day of almost 500. Scott was amongst those killed; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.