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№ 1035

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26 March 2013

Hammer Price:
£250

Three: Lance-Serjeant. J. B. Tootill, 2nd/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, killed in action, France, 3 August 1918.

1914-15 Star (1137 Pte., Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (1137Cpl., Lan. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (James Bradshaw Tootill) extremely fine (4) £160-200

James Bradshaw Tootill was born in Bolton, Lancashire, lived in Radcliffe and enlisted at Bury. Serving with the 2/5th Battalion Lancshire Fusiliers, he was killed in action, in France, on 3 August 1916. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

Medals and original commemorative scroll mounted in a frame.