COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR ERNEST CHENEY LAUGHTON, FIRST DAY OF THE SOMME CASAULTY. THE FAMOUS “FOOTBALL CHARGE” OF CAPTAIN NEVILL, 8th BATTALION EAST SURREY REGIMENT. WW1 MEMORIAL / DEATH PLAQUE NAMED TO “ERNEST CHENEY LAUGHTON”. WW1 1914-15 STAR AND VICTORY MEDAL CORRECTLY NAMED TO 4910. 2″ ON VICTORY MEDAL “. EAST SURREY REGIMENT CAP BADGE WHICH HAS BEEN BROOCHED (PIN MISSING). COPY OF MEDAL INDEX CARD FOR ERNEST C LAUGHTON, SERGEANT AND WARRANT OFFICER CLASS TWO, 8th BATTALION EAST SURREY REGIMENT. “KILLED IN ACTION 1-7-16″. ENTITLED TO 1914-15 STAR, WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL. COPY OF CWGC CASAULTY DETAILS AND SOLDIERS DIED IN THE GRAT WAR. 4910 COMPANY SERJEANT MAJOR ERNEST CHENEY LAUGHTON, 8th Bn EAST SURREY REGIMENT, KILLED IN ACTION 01/07/1916. BORN STOKE PRIOR, WORCESTERSHIRE 16th APRIL 1886. I BELIEVE HE WAS A CIVIL ENGINEER BEFORE THE WAR. CAPTAIN NEVILLE STROLLING QUIETLY AHEAD OF THEM, GIVING AN OCCASIONAL ORDER TO KEEP THE DRESSING SQUARE. THIS COMPANY TOOK FOUR FOOTBALLS OUT WITH THEM WHICH THEY WERE SEEN TO DRIBBLE FORWARD INTO THE SMOKE OF OUR INTENSE BOMBARDMENT ON THE HUN FRONT LINE – 8th Bn EAST SURREY REGIMENT WAR DIARY FOR 1/7/16. THE PLAQUE AND MEDALS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION, MINOR STAINING, MINOR DING TO REVERSE EDGE OF PLAQUE (CANNOT BE SEEN FROM FRONT), PLEASE SEE PHOTO`S. The item “WW1 DEATH PLAQUE & MEDALS, KIA 1st DAY OF SOMME, CSM 8th Bn EAST SURREY REGT” is in sale since Thursday, March 02, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “celtic_1966″ and is located in Gloucester. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Era: 1914-1945
- Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
- Service: Army
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom