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DSO GV, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar;
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (Capt. B. F. Burnett-Hitchcock, Derby: Regt.);
1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: B. Burnett-Hitchcock Notts: & Derby: R.);
BWM and VM (Brig. Gen. B. F. Burnett Hitchcock.);
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, chip to white enamel;
Italy, Kingdom, Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus, Officer’s breast badge, gold, silver-gilt, and enamel, slight enamel damage;
France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm

Provenance: Sotheby’s, July 1975 (when sold together with KCB Knight Commander’s badge and breast star).

KCB (Military) LG 3 June 1932.

CB (Military) LG 1 January 1918: ‘For services rendered in connection with the war’

DSO LG 9 December 1914: ‘On 26th August, at Haucourt, France, for gallantry in rallying troops in disorder and leading them against the enemy, thereby ensuring an orderly evacuation of the village.’

French Legion of Honour LG 3 November 1914: ‘For gallantry during the Operations between 21st and 30th August 1914’

Italian Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus LG 1 April 1919.

French Croix de Guerre LG 9 April 1920.

MID LGs 19 October 1914; 17 February 1915; 1 January 1916; 15 June 1916; 4 January 1917; 15 May 1917; 12 February 1918



Basil Ferguson Burnett-Hitchcock was born on 3 March 1877, at Chatham, son of the late Colonel T. Burnett-Hitchcock, of Week Manor, Winchester, Hants, and Amelia Burnett-Hitchcock. Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst (Sword of Honour, Anson Memorial Sword, 1st passing out), he made two first-class appearances for Hampshire in the 1896 Country Championship before being commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) on 20 February 1897. Promoted Lieutenant on 12 April 1898, he served during the Boer War in South Africa, 1899-1901, with the 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, Mounted Infantry, and on the Staff, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State, February to May, 1900; in Orange River Colony, May to 29 November 1900; also in Cape Colony 1899-1900; again during operations in Orange River Colony and Cape Colony 30 November 1900 to February 1901 (Queen’s Medal with three clasps). Advanced Captain 12 March, 1901, he attended Staff College, 1903-4 and was was Staff Captain, Eastern Command, 1905-9; General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, Bermuda, 1910-12 and Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, 4th Division, Eastern Command in 1912.

On the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, Burnett-Hitchcock, whilst still a Captain in the 2nd Sherwood Foresters, was Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General on the Staff of General T. D’O. Snow’s 4th Division. Although initially held back in England to counter any German landing, the division was soon despatched to France, arriving just in time to play a valuable part in the retreat from Mons.

At Le Havre, the 4th Division (10th, 11th and 12th Brigades with light artillery) entrained for Le Cateau from where, on 25th August, it marched to Solesmes to cover the retirement of II Corps after the Battle of Mons. Having arrived at Solesmes amid chaotic scenes of retreating British soldiers and long lines of civilian refugees, the wet and weary 4th Division fell back through the villages of Briastre and Le Coquelet before coming under the command of II Corps just as General Smith-Dorrien decided to make his stand in the rolling country around Le Caudry, to the west of Le Cateau - Smith Dorrien declaring, ‘"Very well, gentlemen, we will fight, and I will ask General Snow to act under me as well." Smith-Dorrien’s decision to fight this important delaying rearguard action may well have saved the British from destruction by the massive German onslaught during the general Allied retreat following sustained German successes at the four Battles of the Frontiers.

The location, a long ridge running west-east with Le Cateau at its eastern end, was far from ideal. The ground was soft, so easy for the troops to dig in, but it lacked cover, was dominated by a German-held ridge to the north and, worst of all, both flanks were open. The situation on the right flank, the hills around the Le Cateau valley, was perilous from the start, as the Germans infiltrated during the night. The west, held by 4th Division, was absolutely vulnerable to flanking movements designed to encircle II Corps. Snow now set up his Division HQ at the village of Haucourt with 12th Brigade further forward on the left near Esnes and Longsart and 11th Brigade forward to the right in front of Ligny. 10th Brigade remained in reserve around Haucourt.

Wilson's 12th Brigade was attacked in force early on 26 August and suffered heavy casualties, but managed to rally and held the extreme left of the British line until the BEF was able to retreat. The 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment suffered in particular. Surprised just as breakfast was being served, they came under heavy machine gun and artillery fire. The battalion was nearly destroyed as a fighting unit, the commanding officer and many others being killed, with many more wounded or taken prisoner of war.

Meanwhile, Hunter-Weston’s 11th Brigade spent most of the day desperately holding the position in front of Ligny while coming under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. A feature of the fighting being the greater respect shown by the Germans for British rifle prowess than at Mons where they had suffered heavy casualties.

One unfortunate consequence of 4th Division’s rapid deployment to France was that it lacked a Signal Company (as well as cavalry, cyclists and Royal Engineers) to provide its commander and his brigadiers with the information necessary to control their units. Burnett-Hitchcock’s employment as a messenger for General Snow during the early part of the Battle is documented in a statement published by Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. Mainwaring, commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 10th Infantry Brigade at Le Cateau (Mainwaring and Lieut. Col. Elkington, 1st Royal Warwickshires were notoriously cashiered out of the service for cowardice at St. Quentin just days after Le Cateau.): ‘During the first part of the action I received two messages from the divisional staff, both verbal, and sent the one already referred to above to the 10th Brigade, in which I described our positions. The first was delivered by the ADC to the G.O.C. IV Division. Captain Allfrey said to me, “The General says he wishes you to hold on here to the end.” Then, turning in his saddle, he added, “General Snow told me to say that this is a personal message from him to the regiment.” I answered that the General might rely on us to do what he said. Later on Captain Burnett-Hitchcock, of the same staff, said, “It’s only going to be a case of long bowls; no retirement.” Again I said there should be none.’

Soon the shelling of the British hastily prepared positions started and it was during these early stages of the fighting that Burnett-Hitchcock distinguished himself in rallying disordered groups of troops and leading them back towards the front line under shell-fire. General Snow recalls this episode in his memoirs: ‘I felt, however, I should like to see what was going on in the front line before the battle commenced. I snatched a cup of tea and an egg and ran out into the courtyard but found my car was not ready. Colonel Bowes had just driven up, and I jumped into his car and started off for Cattenieres. In getting out of the village we overshot the turning and found ourselves on the road to Esnes. As we were turning to retrace our steps the road we had intended to take was swept by a outburst of shrapnel, and at the same time I saw shells bursting all along the position, and soon afterwards a good many stragglers began coming back from the ridge. Haucourt village was also being shelled; so we left the car and walked across the field to a grove of trees, west of Haucourt. There we met Captain Allfrey, who told me that the rumour was that I had been killed and that General Milne had taken command. Gradually the staff rejoined me, and I was told that Captain Burnett-Hitchcock had done a very gallant act in rallying the stragglers whom I had noticed, and on horseback leading them back to the firing line.’ (The Confusion of Command, The War Memoirs of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas D’Oyly Snow, 1914-1915 edited by Dan Snow and Mark Pottle refers)

Despite all intentions, overwhelming German attacks during the early afternoon inevitably led to Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien’s decision to break off the action and resume his retreat. The line began to thin out around 5pm as units were ordered off the field - the 10th Brigade, still around Haucourt, being detailed as rear guard. 4th Division Headquarters, also at Haucourt, overseeing the withdrawal, had been shelled earlier with the the General’s ADC and several men being hit - sadly the 4th Division, having no Field Ambulance, had great difficulty in getting any of its wounded away; a first-aid post was established at Haucourt Church and the wounded were taken prisoner later that night. Division H.Q. was now also finding the transmission of orders extremely difficult as its units became disarranged. The 10th and the retreating 12th Brigades in particular had broken into smaller groupings some of which were intermixed. Half of the King's Own (12th Brigade), receiving no orders to retire, remained in position at Haucourt, covering the retirement of the artillery. As the German 13th Reserve Infantry Brigade infiltrated the village supported by extensive artillery fire, and street fighting continued into the evening, the King’s Own are known to have delivered several bayonet charges one of the most brilliant being led by Captain Clutterbuck, who, with a handful of men, routed four times their number. He paid for the price of his gallantry with his life.

Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle in ‘The British Campaign In France And Flanders 1914’ presents his own picture of some of the remarkable events at Haucourt on 26 August as the bulk of the 4th Division made good their escape: ‘One of the regiments of the Twelfth, the 2nd Royal Lancasters, together with about three hundred Warwicks, from, the Tenth Brigade, and some detachments of other regiments, were, by some mischance, isolated in the village of Haucourt with no definite orders, and held on until ten o'clock at night, when the place was nearly surrounded. They fought their way out, however, in a most surprising fashion, and eventually made good their retreat. One party, under Major Poole of the Warwicks, rejoined the Army next day. Another, which consisted of about sixty of the Royal Lancasters under Major Parker, were surrounded in a barn and fought on until the Germans blew in the gate with a Field-gun. Instead of surrendering, they then made a desperate sally, and, dashing out with their bayonets, they charged down the village street, which was full of German infantry. They actually cut their way through and got away into the open country.’

For his gallantry at Haucourt, Burnett-Hitchcock was mentioned in Sir John French’s despatch of 8 October 1914, was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. He went on to serve at the Marne, the Aisne, the First Battle of Ypres, Festubert (1915), Second Battle of Ypres, Loos and Battle of the Somme. He was given the Brevet of Major 18 February 1915, became Major 1 September 1915; was given the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel 3 June, 1916 ; and was given the Brevet of Colonel 1 Jan. 1917.

Burnett-Hitchcock’s war services, 1915-1918, are referred to by Alan H. Maude in ‘The 47th (London) Division 1914 - 1919’:
‘Major B. F. Burnett-Hitchcock, DSO, Sherwood Foresters, joined us as GSO2 in France on March 25th, 1915, and after a short absence as A.Q.M.G. of the IVth Corps, returned to us as GSOi on August 20th, 1915, and remained with us till June 15th, 1916, when he left us to become a Brigadier-General and D.A. and Q.M.G. of an Army Corps, and later a Major-General and Director of Mobilisation at the War Office. It fell to him to work out and control the whole process of demobilisation at the end of the war.’

For the Great War Burnett-Hitchcock was Mentioned in Despatches seven times, created a CB in 1918, was made an Officer of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus (Italy), 1918 and awarded the Croix de Guerre (France), 1920. He was appointed Temporary Brigadier-General in France in 1916; Director of Mobilisation at the War Office, with rank of Temporary Brigadier-General, 1917, and Director-General of Mobilisation, with temporary rank of Major-General, 1918; and promoted Major-General 3 June, 1919. In charge of Administration, Aldershot Command 1921-25, he commanded the 55th (West Lancs) Division, Western Command, 1926-28 and was Officer Commanding the Deccan District (4th Indian Division) 1928-30. Advanced Lieutenant-General, 1930, he was placed on half-pay, 1930-32, and was a created a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in 1932. He retired in 1933 and died at Westminster, London on 23 November 1938.

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QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, dated clasp loose upon riband (7534 Pte. J. Palethorpe, Derby: Regt.), good very fine

John Palethorpe was born in 1881 at Radford, Nottinghamshire and was a collier upon his enlistment on 5 March 1900. He served in South Africa with the 4th Battalion during the Boer War from 23 March 1900-10 May 1901 and was discharged on 4 March 1906.

He was captured at Roodeval l on 7 June 1900.

British newspapers reported that he had been released a month later and had arrived in Ladysmith by 18 July 1900.

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QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, SA01 (6346 Pte W. Bridge Derby Regt). Number corrected, top clasp loose.

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IGS 1895 (2) Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 engraved (3430 Pte J Trickett 2d Bn Derby Regt);
QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (3430 Pte J Trickett Derby Regt);
KSA (2) (3430 Pte E Trickett Notts & Derby Regt)

Born St Marys, Nottingham.

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IGS 1895 (2) Punjab Frontier 1897-98; Tirah 1897-98 (4688 Pte. G. Sanderson. 2d Bn. Derby Regt.);
QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (4688 Pte. G. Sanderson. Derby: Regt.), repaired;
KSA (2) (4688 Pte. G. Sanderson. Notts: & Derby. Regt;
British War Medal (repaired) and Victory Medals (265468 A.C.Sjt. G. Sanderson. W. York. R.)

Together with a small archive including a pipe reputed to be a gift from Lord Kitchener,

George Garibaldi Sanderson was born at St. Johns, Chesterfield, Derbyshire and worked as a miner prior to enlisting with the Derbyshire Regiment at Dublin on 15 June 1894. Posted to the 1st Battalion he served with them until 28 December 1895 when he joined the 2nd Battalion in India. While here Sanderson saw action on the North-West Frontier, being involved in the Tirah Expedition on 1897-98.

Joining the 1st Battalion in Malta on 4 November 1895 he was still with them when they were posted to South Africa on 21 November 1899. They arrived too late to take part in the Battle of Stormberg but did good work during the advance through the Orange Free State and later seeing action at Doornkop. They saw further action at Diamond Hill though were not at the forefront of the fighting there.

Remaining in South Africa for the Guerrilla phase of the war the Battalion saw fighting with the British Columns. They were part of Colonel Kekewich's force attempting to secure the Magaliesberg mountains and came under particularly heavy attack at Moedwill. Kitchener's dispatch highlighted the conduct of the Derbyshire Regiment, stating:

'To give some idea of the severity of the fire to which the troops were subjected, it may be mentioned that three picquets were practically annihilated, and that out of a party of 12 men of the Derbyshire Regiment which was guarding a drift, 8 men were killed and 4 wounded. Upon Colonel Kekewich being incapacitated by wounds the command of the column was temporarily assumed by Lieutenant Colonel Wylly, Derbyshire Regiment'

It was around this time that Kitchener apparently encountered Sanderson. Promoting him personally to Corporal 'for gallantry in the field' on 10 September and making mentioning him in his dispatch stating:

'Lance-Sgts. Bailey, Coxon, Ptes. Boyle, Sanderson; chiefly instrumental in 50 captures made by their company in a week's work in the Magaliesberg; Sanderson held up twenty-four men practically single-handed'.

By family repute Kitchener spoke personally to Sanderson after the fighting. The young private complained of damage caused to his pipe in the melee which Kitchener- a fellow smoker- was sympathetic about. Several days later an antique pipe was delivered to Sanderson with a note presenting the General's compliments.

Returning to Britain on 15 September 1902 Sanderson was transferred to the Army Reserve on 15 October. Discharged entirely on 12 June 1910 he returned to the colours on the outbreak of the Great War. Embodied for service with the 7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment on 12 August 1914 he was promoted back to Corporal the same day. Further advanced Sergeant on 9 August 1915.

Entering the war in France on 8 January 1917 he served there first with 2/7th Battalion although he was later attached to 10th Battalion. Three days before this transfer he received another 'mention' (London Gazette 7 November 1917 refers). Promoted Colour Quartermaster-Sergeant on 11 November 1917 he was to serve in this rank for some time. Unfortunately he was by this time well over forty and the strain of the war clearly had an effect. He was transferred to the Labour Corps as a Sergeant on 15 July 1918 and served with them for the rest of the war. Returning home on 21 November he was transferred to the reserve just two days later. His address upon demobilisation was noted as 12 Garrett Grove, Dewsbury Road, Leeds.

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DCM GV (3415 C.S. Mjr: S. H. Lomas. 2/6 N. & D.R. -T.F.);
QSA (5) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial fixings between state and date clasps (7495 Pte. S. H. Lomas. Vol: Coy. Derby: Regt.);
BWM and VM (141062 W.O. Cl.2 S. H. Lomas. Notts. & Derby. R.)

DCM London Gazette 24 January 1917; citation published 3 March 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He erected barricades under very heavy fire and set a splendid example throughout.’

The recipient’s own diary for the week of the Easter Rising gives further details:
24 April 1916: 8:30 p.m. Whilst at Watford we received order to prepare for a sudden move. By midnight all packed and ready to move.

25 April 1916: 5:00 a.m. Battalion paraded and marched to Watford Junction Station. Arrived at Liverpool Dockside Station at 2:10 p.m. and boarded the Royal Mail Steamer Ulster for Kingstown.

26 April 1916: 1:00 a.m. Battalion moved off in the direction of Dublin.... We arrived at the Royal Hospital, Dublin, at 7:50 p.m. After unloading our rifles we were allowed to take up our quarters for the night in the corridors, thoroughly tired out.

27 April 1916: Noon. Marched out from the Royal Hospital en route for Dublin Castle. All along the road, constant sniping was going on but the Royal Irish, by keeping up a constant fire in the direction of the snipers, prevented them from concentrating their fire on the column. We arrived at Dublin Castle without any casualties.

6:00 p.m. ‘D’ Coy were ordered to proceed along Cappel Street, Parnell Street to consolidate the position held by the Royal Irish. We moved out and on crossing the bridge over the river from Parliament Street, we came under heavy fire from the Sein Feinners. We proceeded up Cappel Street and on entering Parnell Street, at every cross street we were subjected to rifle fire from the enemy. On arrival at Moore Street, I was instructed to make a barricade right across the street.

7:30 p.m. Proceeded to make the barricade assisted by 12 men. To find material for this, the furniture of a butcher’s shop was used consisting of blocks, bedding, stands, wardrobes, spring mattresses etc. This barricade was completed by 11:00 p.m. and three sentries were posted. We were then instructed to make safe all the barricades of "D" Coy consisting of seven at the various streets, viz :-Street, Kings Inn Lane, Coles Lane, Denmark Chapel Lane and two streets the names of which I did not take. When this was completed we got over the barricades and fixed three lots of trip wires, to hold up the enemy in case of a rush. During the whole of the time incessant firing was being carried on by both sides. Whilst the barricade at the end of Moore Street was being erected, a picked squad of Royal Irish held positions on house roofs and in top storey windows, effectually preventing an attack.

28 April 1916: 2:00 a.m. The work being made as safe as possible, I found an armchair used for the barricading, and so slept peacefully.

5:30 a.m. Relief guards sent on duty, barricades further strengthened, additional men allotted and breakfast given out.

9:30 a.m. An 18-pounder was brought up. A fatigue party was then taken to remove the setts to provide a place for the shovel of the gun. This was at the corner of Coles Lane. Four shells were fired down the street into a large shop at the bottom in Henry Street, in which the Sein Feinners were making explosives, Messrs Curtiss & Sons, Brass Foundry and Munitions Factory. This must have upset their calculations somewhat, as the firing from that direction almost ceased. The plate glass windows in the locality were shattered by the explosion of the charge, and the shell cut through the factory like a knife.
Noon. One 18-pounder arrived and laid facing down Moore Street in the direction of the G.P.O. Four shells were fired which caused the rebels to quake, as for some considerable time, the rifle fire was silent, with the exception of a few snipers.

6:00 p.m. Sniping became more incessant until dark. All extra men were mounted and posted.

29 April 1916: 9:00 a.m. Received instructions to prepare for storming parties of 20 men and an officer, and to provide ourselves with tools of any description to break down the doors etc. To search the houses through to Henry Street and to make a breach when necessary in the walls.

12:30 p.m. All ready and the assault commenced. My party were allotted to an alley with houses either side. My weapon was a bar 5’6” long 1” strength with a lever end – a beautiful tool for the purpose. I struck at one door such a smack and knocked the door complete for some 5 yards into the house, breaking hinges and lock at the same time. Sweating like the devil! (Rather with fear, excitement or work) It is surprising how the lust to destroy comes over you.

2:00 p.m. Orders are passed for us to stand by as a white flag was approaching the end of Moore Street. This was found to be from Sean O’Connelly [James Connolly] asking for terms of surrender. Instructions were sent back up the street for O’Connelly to come down and interview the General in command of our troops. This was done, O’Connelly being carried down on a stretcher, as he was wounded in the leg. Whilst standing by, we came across the dead body of O’Reilly [the O’Rahilly], the acting adjutant.

7:00 p.m. The whole lot of the rebels decided to surrender and to see them troop out of the house in Moore Street between three and four hundred of them. The several storming parties were ordered to stand by just in time, as the next house we were about to enter from the back, 36 Sein Feinners came out of the front. Part of these men were marched up to the Rotunda and there searched, and part we searched. 100 men of one Battalion were the escort. The whole of the rebels were corralled on the green for the night at the Rotunda Hospital under a strong guard.’

A full transcript of the recipient’s Diary, including explanatory footnotes regarding the street names (many of which no longer exist or have been renamed) is published in ‘The 1916 Diaries’, by Mick O’Farrell, a copy of which book is included with the lot.

Samuel Henry Lomas was born in Tideswell, Derbyshire, and attested there for the Derbyshire Regiment on 3 March 1900, having previously served with the Regiment’s 2nd Volunteer Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 March 1901 to 26 May 1902, and was discharged on 27 May 1902, after 2 years and 86 days’ service. Reverting to the Volunteers, Lomas then re-enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) at Chesterfield on 31 October 1914, and was posted to the 2nd/6th (Reserve) Battalion. Promoted Company Sergeant Major and appointed Warrant Officer Class II on 13 March 1915, he served at home, and in April 1916 the Battalion was stationed at Watford, Hertfordshire.

Easter Rising

on 24 April 1916, the 2nd/6th Battalion were stationed at Watford. The men had been granted Easter leave, but when orders came through for a move before dawn the next morning, ‘all ranks were recalled from the cinemas and other places of amusement and in the middle of all the bustle and packing a Zeppelin raid warning was issued.’ (2nd/6th The Sherwood Foresters 1914-1918, by G. J. Edmunds refers). Arriving at Kingstown, but without the Battalion’s Lewis machine-guns, the Battalion moved up to Dublin, and were then involved in some of the most intense fighting of Easter Week. Lomas himself supervised the building of barricades across several important streets, including Moore Street and Parnell Street; led storming parties to break into buildings around Moore Street; discovered the body of The O’Rahilly; and witnessed the first executions of the rebels at Kilmainham Gaol, including Pearse, NacDonagh, and Clarke. For his services during Easter Week he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

Following the suppression of the Easter Rising, the 2nd/6th Battalion remained in Ireland, training at the Curragh in preparation for deployment to France. Lomas proceeded to the Western Front with a draft of the Battalion on 26 February 1917, and was killed in action during the battalion’s attack on the Quarries and Cologne Farm at Hargicourt on 27 April 1917. The Battalion War Diary for that day states: ‘1:00 a.m. Battalion marched to Hargicourt Road to deploy prior to an attack on Quarries and Cologne Farm. The attack was launched at 3:55 a.m. and the Quarries were successfully captured ands a line consolidated east of the Quarries. Seven prisoners and one machine gun were captured.’
He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Sold with an original letter, with envelope, written home by the recipient from South Africa; a telegram sent by the recipient from Southampton upon his arrival home from South Africa; various photographic images of the recipient including a postcard photograph believed to feature the recipient; copies of the books ‘The 1916 Diaries’, by Mick O’Farrell; and ‘The Sherwood Foresters in the Easter Rising Dublin 1916’ by Cliff Housley; and a large quantity of copied research; together with a USB stick of research which includes a video of a documentary on the Easter Rising, which references Lomas and his Diary.