Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1086

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17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£290

Three: Corporal H. Hawksworth, West Riding Regiment

1914-15 Star (3159 Pte., W. Rid. R.); British War and Victory Medals (240599 Cpl., W. Rid. R.); Memorial Plaque (Harry Hawkesworth) second with contact marks, very fine and better (4) £150-200

Harry Hawksworth enlisted at Huddersfield. Serving with the 2/5th Battalion West Riding Regiment, he was killed in action on 26 March 1918, aged 31 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.