Casualty Gallipoli DCM group to Warrant Officer Worsley Worc R / with Brothers Casualty Pair Wor R

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Casualty Gallipoli DCM group to Warrant Officer Worsley Worc R / with Broth
  • Casualty Gallipoli DCM group to Warrant Officer Worsley Worc R / with Broth
  • Casualty Gallipoli DCM group to Warrant Officer Worsley Worc R / with Broth

  • Casualty Gallipoli DCM group to Warrant Officer Worsley Worc R / with Brothers Casualty Pair Wor R

  • £4,250.00

£4,250.00


GV Distinguished Conduct Medal correctly impressed 12509 L SJT B Worsley 4/ Wor R 
1914/15 Star correctly impressed 12509 SJT B Worsley Worc R
British War medal correctly impressed A W O Cl 2 B Worsley  Worc R
Victory Medal correctly impressed A W O Cl 2 B Worsley Worc R (MID emblem)
 
Condition VF+
 
British War Medal correctly impressed 20883 Pte H A Worsley Wor R
Victory Medal correctly impressed 20883 Pte H A Worsley Wor R
 
Condition GVF
 
Basil David Arthur Worsley was born in Pembroke, Bermuda, West Indies, in 1895, and Henry Alexander Worsley was born in Worcestershire in 1899. They were the sons of James and Agnes Worsley. It is believed that James was serving in the Military in Bermuda as a Gunner when Basil was born.
 
At the time of the 1901 census, the family were living in Worcester, with James being a self-employed coal dealer. Basil was a pre-war regular; in 1911, he was based at Norton Barracks in Worcester, serving with the Worcestershire Regiment.
 
With the 4th Bn 'Y' Coy, he landed at 'W' beach at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, on the 25th of April 1915. The Bn, along with the 1st Essex, bayonet charged up Hill 138 and cleared the redoubt. Throughout the campaign, the regiment was engaged in brutal combat with Lieutenant Herbert James on the Bn, winning the Victoria Cross for auction on the 28th of June and 3rd of July.
 
Worsley himself was decorated for bravery, being awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal as a Lance Sergeant 'For conspicuous good work when making valuable reconnaissance in front of our line previous to an advance.' 
 
The award was gazetted on the 20th of June 1916. Worsley was also Mentioned in Despatches on the  11th of July, 1916, for the Gallipoli campaign. Contemporary newspaper reports state that he was wounded in the back. 
 
Posted to France with the Bn, he was sadly killed in action on the 26th of February 1917 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
 
Henry Alexander, according to newspaper articles from the time, joined at age 16. While serving with the 1st /7th Bn Worcestershire Regiment as an L/Cpl, he was sadly killed in action on the 9th of October 1917. He is entitled to a pair only and remembered on Tyne Cote.