The Great War trio to High Wood fatal casualty 2nd Lieutenant Horace Cowderoy

The Great War trio to High Wood fatal casualty 2nd Lieutenant Horace Cowderoy, 18th and 20th Battalions the London Regiment: 1914-15 Star (2477 PTE H. COWDEROY. 18-LOND. R), British War Medal and Victory Medal (2. LIEUT. H. COWDEROY.), extremely fine or nearly so; together with the corresponding Memorial Plaque (HORACE COWDEROY). [4]

Born at Wandsworth 26/05/1890. Attested for the 18th Battalion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) 02/09/1914. Disembarked in France 09/03/1915, and served with the 1st/18th Battalion until suffering gunshot wounds in the back and thigh 10/06/1915 (alternatively - the War Diary records two men wounded 09/06). Returned to England and upon recovery was attached to the 3rd/18th Battalion, before being commissioned into the 3rd/20th Battalion (The Queen's Own) 01/11/1915. Made a will 24/05/1916, and by September was back in France serving with the 1st/20th Battalion. Killed in Action in the attack on High Wood during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette 15/09/1916. Offered with copy research.