A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties

Three: Lance-Corporal C. A. Honour, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 14 November 1916

1914-15 Star (Z-2801 Pte. C. A. Honour. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals Z-2801 Pte. C. A. Honour. Rif. Brig.); Memorial Plaque (Cecil Augustus Honour) in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (4) £140-£180

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

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Cecil Augustus Honour was born in Richmond, Surrey, and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Westminster on 12 September 1914. He served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 July 1915, and was killed in action on 14 November 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in a disastrous attempt to capture Beaucourt, suffering over 300 casualties in one of the last actions of the Battle of the Somme. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Sold with copied research, including various newspaper extracts that contain a photographic image of the recipient.