CASUALTY GREAT WAR MEDALS BELONGING TO A FATHER AND SON. 191...

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CASUALTY GREAT WAR MEDALS BELONGING TO A FATHER AND SON. 1914 Trio, correctly impressed 34759 GNR F Bosworthick RA
Condition EF

1914/15 Trio, correctly impressed 2495 C.SJT W. Bosworthick Rif Brig.
Condition EF

Sold with a Princess Mary Tin. William Andrew Bosworthick was born on the 13th of April 1862 in Portsmouth. He married Theresa in 1884; the couple went on to have ten children; their first son William Ernest, born in 1884, was killed in action in 1915 with the Rifle Brigade.



Bosworthick had previously served 19 years in the Rifle Brigade and despite being 52 years old, reenlisted in September 1914. He landed in France on the 21st of July, 1915, serving as a Company Sergeant. He took part in the Battle of Loos before being sent home sick on the 18th of October, 1915. He transferred to the RFC in 1917 and was discharged from the RAF in 1919.



He passed away in Southampton in 1939.



Francis Bosworthick was the third son of William and Theresa. He was born in India on the 9th of February 1892, his father being stationed there in the Rifle Brigade.

At the time of the 1911 census, he was already serving in the Army, stationed at No2 Depot Royal Garrison Artillery.



He landed in France on the 3rd of October 1914 with the 116th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. He was sadly killed in action on the 28th of March 1918 and was laid to rest in Anzin St Aubin British Cemetery.