Lot Archive

Lot

№ 856

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2 March 2005

Hammer Price:
£150

Three: Private A. J. Stannard, Suffolk Regiment

1914-15 Star (17423 Pte., Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (17423 Pte., Suff. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-100

Arthur John Stannard was born in Bury St. Edmunds and enlisted at Stow-on-the-Wold. Gloucestershire. Serving with the 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment, he was killed in action on 25 May 1915, aged 21 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.