Medals & Coins, Arms & Militaria - 21 Nov 2018
A Great War trio to Lieutenant Dean Bertram Osborne
A Great War trio to Lieutenant Dean Bertram Osborne, Royal Sussex Regiment and Royal West Surrey Regiment: 1914-15 Star (G-5724 PTE D. OSBORNE. R. SUSS. R.), official correction to surname; British war and Victory Medals (2. LIEUT. D.B. OSBORNE.); all in boxes of issue, extremely fine or nearly so; together with a photograph of the recipient and a quantity of associated ephemera, including trench maps.
Born 1888. Entered France as a Private Royal Sussex Regiment 26/10/15. Sergeant in the 9th Battalion (N.C.O. i/c Divisional Observers) by January 1917. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 31/07/17. Served in Italy and France. Wounded 24/03/18. Promoted Lieutenant 01/02/19. Disembodied Service Category IV 20/03/19. According to a note kept with the medals he led the Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells platoon of the Home Guard in the Second World War.