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Three: Private R. Skurr, Border Regiment, killed in action, 19 May 1917
1914-15 Star (11000 Pte., Bord. R.); British War and Victory Medals (11000 Pte., Bord. R.); Memorial Plaque (Richard Skurr) this in card envelope with associated slip, nearly extremely fine (4) £160-200
Richard Scurr was the son of Mrs Jane Ann Scurr, of 94 North Side, Workington, Cumberland. Serving with the Border Regiment he entered the Balkan theatre of war on 20 July 1915. Later, serving on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion, he was killed in action on 19 May 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
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