Description
A Northumberland Fusiliers Great War Pair awarded to Private Clarence Leet, 11th Battalion who served in Italy during The Great War and with the Auxiliary Fire Service in World War Two comprising, 1914-1920 British War and Victory Medals, (78809 Pte. C. Leet. North’D Fus.), lightly toned very fine
Clarence Leet, a Durham miner, born 1898 Marries 1926 and becomes a newsagent at Ramsgate by 1939 and is then also part-time with the Auxiliary Fire Service. During World War Two.
There is a fantastic photo of his tobacconist shop on Boundary Road, Ramsgate,
The 10th and 11th (Service) Battalions were formed at Newcastle on 22 September 1914 as part of Kitchener’s Third New Army – K3 – and were assigned to the 68th Brigade, 23rd Division at Bullswater, near Frensham.
In August 1915 they moved to the Western Front and in November 1917 to the Italian Front, where they remained, still in 68th Brigade, 23rd Division. The 10th Battalion was reduced to cadre in Italy in 1918. They were disbanded in Newcastle on 11 and 25 June 1919. They fought in the following major battles:
Battle of the Somme (1916)
Battle of Messines (1917)
Third Battle of Ypres
Battle of the Piave
Battle of Vittorio Veneto
Sold With Copy Medal Index Card, Copy Medal Roll Copy 1939 Census, Copy Photograph of his Shop
