Lot Archive

Lot

№ 900

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£190

Four: Wheeler Corporal H. Proud, Royal Field Artillery

1914-15 Star (237 Whlr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (237 Cpl., R.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (771511 Whlr. Cpl., R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine (4) £60-80

Herbert Proud attested as a ‘Wheeler’ in the Royal Field Artillery in 1908. He lived at 75 Hotspur Street, Heaton, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. Serving in England until 18 April 1915 when he was posted to France. He died in Newcastle in 1943 aged 52 years. With copied m.i.c.