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Lot

№ 443

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19 April 1995

Hammer Price:
£45

1914-15 Star Trio: L-10552 Pte. E. Nettley, R.Suss.R.

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to Casualties of the Great War.

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Killed in action, 2nd Battalion, 9.5.1915, Aubers Ridge. Age 17. Sold with 9 pages from the War Diary giving details of operations at Richebourg L’Avoue on 9th May. Casualties were: Officers killed 2; wounded 9; missing 3; Other Ranks killed 101; wounded 329; missing 118.