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№ 260

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1 March 2017

Hammer Price:
£170

Pair: Gunner R. V. Huntingford, Royal Artillery, killed in action on the Somme, 27 October 1916

British War and Victory Medals (L-46308 Gnr. R. V. Huntingford. R.A.); Memorial Plaque (Ralph Huntingford) minor edge bruising to BWM, therefore good very fine and better (3) £100-140

Ralph Huntingford was born in Mitcham, Surrey, and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Wimbledon. He served during the Great War with “A” Battery, 190th Brigade, R.F.A., and was killed in action on the Western Front during the battle of the Somme on 27 October 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.