16368: Pte Lamech Jordan, 3td Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment

16368: Pte Lamech Jordan, 3td Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment

This group of medals was saved, again from an online auction site, from being split up. Thanks to numerous emails sent from British Medal Forum members to the seller, the group was relisted together; this is where I stepped in. I purchased Lamech’s medals as he lived very close to me and is possibly one of the most ‘local’ groups I am now the custodian of.

Lamech Jordan was born in around 1890 in Brockmoor, Staffordshire (This now is part of Brierley Hill, only a few miles from Dudley in the West Midlands)

He is shown on the 1911 Census as being 21 years old and living at 1, Campbell Street, Brockmoor; his occupation being given as a ‘General Engineer’, his household number is given as ‘171’.

At that time, the census shows the household being quite full (by today’s standards!) The following are listed as also living at the same residence:

·      William Jordan (61 years)

·      Mary Ann Jordan (59 years)

·      George Henry Jordan (24 years)

·      Lamech Jordan (21 years)

·      Ernest Wilfred Jordan (17 years)

·      Ethel Lenora Jordan (15 years)

·      Clarence Jordan (12 years)

·      Joseph William Jordan (12 years)

·      Henry William Dodd (35 years)

·      Mary Ann Eliza Dodd (31 years)

·      George William Dodd (4 years)

·      Doris Mary Dodd (10 – 12 years)

Lamech joined the Worcester Regiment at the outbreak of the war and was called up quite early to serve; his MIC showing entry into France on 19^th December 1914. It shows him being assigned the service number ‘16368’ and his entitlement to the 1914-15 trio. This is not, however, the only thing the MIC states. Sadly, the statement ‘’KinA’ appears under the remarks column.

Lamech is listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, as being killed in action on 9^th June 1915 whilst serving with the 3^rd Battalion of the Worcester Regiment.  He has no known grave; his name etched onto Panel 34 of the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium. He is listed as being from the ‘Round Oak’ area (This was once the location of the ‘Round Oaks’ Steelworks that closed during the early 1980’s; a huge employer of the local population for many years)

It is only right that Lamech’s medals and memorial plaque stay together and it is my intention to have the group court mounted to ensure a split does not happen again. I do not think the group has travelled far during it’s life – I purchased it from a seller in the West Bromwich area. Does anyone have any extra information about Lamech? If so, we would love to hear from you….