The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals

Family group: Three: Private S. Osborne, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, who died of wounds at Chavonne, on the Aisne, on 5 October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (8892 Pte. S. Osborne. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (8892 Pte. S. Osborne. C. Gds.) nearly extremely fine Three: Private J. H. Osborne, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, who died of wounds received in action on the Western Front on 10 June 1916 1914-15 Star (9426 Pte. J. H. Osborne. S. Staff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9426 Pte. J. H. Osborne. S. Staff. R.) slight edge nicks to last two, good very fine (6) £300-£400 --- Samuel Osborne was born in 1890 and attested for the Coldstream Guards at Birmingham in October 1910. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914 and died of wounds at Chavonne on 5 October 1914. The 2nd Coldstream Guards crossed the Aisne at Chavonne on 13 September 1914 and took part in fighting at Soupir the following day incurring over 60 casualties. They then dug-in and held the line at Chavonne on the north side of the Aisne from 18 September until relieved by French troops on 13 October. Private F. W. Dobson of the 2nd Coldstream Guards was awarded the V.C. for rescuing two wounded men under fire in view of the enemy trenches at Chavonne on 28 September 1914. He is buried in Vailly British Cemetery, France. Joseph Henry Osborne, brother of the above, was born in 1897 at Birmingham and attested for the South Staffordshire Regiment in 1913. He died of wounds received on the Western Front on 10 June 1916. His battalion, the 2nd Battalion, had been in support trenches at Cabaret Rouge, Carency and the Zouave Valley. He is buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Both men were sons of Rose Phoebe Osborne of 104 Hospital Street, Birmingham.