AN IMPORTANT & EMOTIVE 'THREE BROTHERS ' FAMILY ASSEMBLY
TWO of THE BROTHERS WERE
KILLED- IN-ACTION.
1914-15 Trio.
To: 
2000, Pte F.O. PADDON 2-LONDON REGIMENT
(Killed-In-Action)
AT THE FINAL ASSAULT on HIGH WOOD
15th September 1916.
The greatly prolonged and bloody Battles for High Wood will for ever go down in history as one of the most wasteful struggles of The Great War. It was the the 2nd Londons who finally had the honour of taking the wood on 14th /15th September 1916. It was during this final asault and brutal action that Private F.O. Paddon gave his life.
After one of the many actions from July to September of 1916, Sergeant Bill Hay of the 1/9th Battalion, Royal Scots, described the attack thus:
"That was a stupid action, because we had to make a frontal attack on bristling German guns and there was no shelter at all. ... There were dead bodies all over the place where previous battalions and regiments had taken part in previous attacks. What a bashing we got. There were heaps of men everywhere — not one or two men, but heaps of men, all dead. Even before we went over, we knew this was death. We just couldn't take High Wood against machine-guns. It was ridiculous. There was no need for it. It was just absolute slaughter."
By 14 September it was estimated that the British had suffered 6,000 casualties in the struggle for High Wood.
1915 Star & War Medal.
(Entitled to Victory Medal)
To:
13740. Cpl. W. PADDON. 8th ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT
(To France: 7th Sept, 1915. Killed in Action)
BATTLE of LOOS
13th October 1915.
War Medal
(Entitled to 1915 Star ,Victory Medal & SWB)
To:
31780.Cpl. W. PADDON. R.A. (To France, 9th December 1914)
A remarkable set of awards to a remarkable family.
Worthy of much further research.
AN IMPORTANT 2-LONDONS TRIO. (ALL THREE MIC's INCLUDED IN COLOUR )
£795