Lot 57
Killed in Action, Battle of Loos
At Sea, On Land & In The Air | M24003
Auction: 24 September 2024 at 18:30 BST
Description
The 1914 Star awarded to Corporal, later Serjeant, Albert Ernest Overton, 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment who appears as wounded in the 26th of November 1914 Casualty List and was Killed in Action on the 25th of September 1915 comprising, 1914 Star, (1193 Cpl. A. Overton. R. War: R.), very fine (1)
There's a note on an Ancestry tree that Albert enlisted in 1912 and went to India before the War, He landed in France on the 4th of October 1914 and his name appears as wounded in the 26th of November 1914 Casualty List. The 2nd Battalion were in action near Armentieres from the 18th of October 1914 and the Battalion war Diary states that “Casualties since 18th October 1914 – 2 Officers, 11 Other Ranks killed, 2 Officers, 61 Other Ranks wounded.
For September the 25th 1915 the War Dairy States “Our Advance at 6.30 AM. Took German Front Line Trench, then Support Trench, then to “The Quarries” s afr as St Elie. Captured about 60 prisoners arrived at this position about 09.30AM. Kept to it till after dark when we had to retire owing to the 9th Division on our left retiring. Occupied “Quarries” until midnight when we took up a position in the Support Trench 400 yards west of the “Quarries”. 7 officers Killed, 1 Missing, 5 Officers Wounded, 64 Other Ranks Killed, 141 Wounded, 273 Missing. The Battalion could Muster 1 Officer and 140 Men.”
Serjeant Overton’s body was not located after the War and he is commemorated on Panels 22-25 of the Loos Memorial, he was the son of John Overton, of 72, Henry Street, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, he was 26 years old when he was Killed. His name appears on the Kenilworth War Memorial.
Sold with Copied Medal Index Card confirming the 1914 Star and that he is entitled to the Aug – Nov Clasp, Commonwealth War Graves Details, Copy Medal Rolls for the 1914 Satr and British War and Victory Medals, Copy Entry in Casualty List, Copy Battalion War Dairy for September 1915.
