Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1137

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7 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Private E. Thorpe, Border Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (29451 Pte., Bord. R.) nearly extremely fine (2) £50-70

Ernest Thorpe was born in Barwick-in-Elmet, W. Yorkshire and enlisted at York. Serving in the 8th Battalion Border Regiment he was killed in action on 10 April 1918. He was buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France.