Lot Archive

Lot

№ 413

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£200

Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (99873 T.W.O.Cl.I. L. H. Carter, L’pool. R.) very fine £40-50

M.I.D. London Gazette 18 December 1917.

Lovell Harold Carter first went to France on 5 October 1914, whilst serving with the Yorkshire Regiment. He subsequently transferred to the 10th (Scottish) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment. A fine photograph of Carter seated next to Basil Rathbone (of Sherlock Holmes fame) appears in the book,
Bravest of Hearts, by Hal Giblin.