Medal found in Skip. Pvt Tose KIA 1918 aged 17Notts and Derby Regiment

[ATNOMIS]

Pals

Thought I'd post this. Great find.

Simon

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2013/04/18/medal-in-skip-belonged-to-thornaby-soldier-killed-in-great-war-84229-33195189/

Mic BWM Vic

15 pages on Ancestry

Name: Benjamin Tose

Birth Place: Thornaby, Yorks

Residence: Thornaby, Yorks

Death Date: 18 Apr 1918

Death Location: France & Flanders

Enlistment Location: Stockton-on-tees, Co. Durham

Rank: Private

Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

Battalion: 2/6th Battalion

Number: 103215

Type of Casualty: Killed in action

Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

[rksimpson]

Well done to them, what a thoughtful example for others.

[ATNOMIS]

TOSE, BENJAMIN

Rank:Private

Service No:103215

Date of Death:18/04/1918

Age:18

Regiment/Service:Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

2nd/6th Bn.

Panel ReferencePanel 7.

MemorialPLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

Additional Information:

Son of Robert H. Tose, of 13, Caledonia St., Thornaby-on-Tees, Co. Durham.

[ralphjd]

Cannot understand for the life of me why anyone would throw such items in a skip, well done to that young man.

[arboskittler]

Amazing find.

I wonder which 'relative' would be entitled to it?