Lot Archive

Lot

№ 831

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6 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£180

Three: Private J. Beaden, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, who was killed in action at Hohenzollern Redoubt on 12 October 1917

1914-15 Star (17300 Pte., G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (17300 Pte., G. Gds.) good very fine or better (3) £80-100

Private John Beaden was born at Dublin and enlisted at Manchester. He was killed in action at Hohenzollern Redoubt on 12 October 1917, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards and his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. His name is given as ‘John Bradon’ in Soldiers Died in The Great War.