Baldwin & Sons
Auction 101 28 September 2016
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ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Single British Campaign Medals, 1914-15 Star June 1916 Officer Casualty awarded to 2nd Lieutenant A.F.J. Burnham, Royal Berkshire and Northamptonshire Regiment, who landed in France on 30 March 1915 and who was Commissioned just three days later on 2 April 1915 into the 7th Battalion the Northamptonshire Regiment as a Temporary 2nd Lieutenant of "B" Company; 1914-15 Star (2821 Pte. A.F.J. Burnhmam R. Berks. R.). Very fine, minor correction to the "F &J" in initials.
"...the Battalion lost an exceedingly lovable officer during a particularly intense artillery bombardment of the front trenches which resulted in 30 casualties."
Second Lieutenant Albert Frederick James Burnham was Killed in Action on the 28 June 1916, he was the son of James and Emily Caroline Burnham of "Ladysmith" Western Elms Avenue, Reading, his parents noted on their Commonwealth War Graves Commission return that he was a Member of the YMCA. He was 24 Years old when he was killed and is buried in Plot E, Row 8, of the Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium.
Estimate: £120-150
"...the Battalion lost an exceedingly lovable officer during a particularly intense artillery bombardment of the front trenches which resulted in 30 casualties."
Second Lieutenant Albert Frederick James Burnham was Killed in Action on the 28 June 1916, he was the son of James and Emily Caroline Burnham of "Ladysmith" Western Elms Avenue, Reading, his parents noted on their Commonwealth War Graves Commission return that he was a Member of the YMCA. He was 24 Years old when he was killed and is buried in Plot E, Row 8, of the Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium.
Estimate: £120-150