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Three: Private F. Hamlyn, Somerset Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (6813 Pte. F. Hamlyn. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6813 Pte. F. Hamlyn. Som. L.I.) very fine
Three: Corporal A. Matthews, Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action on the Western Front, 7 October 1918
1914-15 Star (16041 L.Cpl. A. Matthews. Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (16041 Pte. A. Matthews. Wilts. R.) good very fine
Pair: Private E. Moore, Devonshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (49551 Pte. E. Moore. Devon. R.) nearly very fine
Pair: Private T. S. Morris, Devonshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (49364 Pte. T. S. Morris. Devon. R.); together with a Peace Medal 1919, pierced but lacking ring suspension; and the recipient’s unofficial identity bracelet, inscribed ‘101137 Pte. T. S. Morris 169 Lab Coy’, all darkly tarnished, therefore good fine or better (11) £100-140
Arthur Matthews was born at Ladywood, Birmingham, and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He transferred to the Wiltshire Regiment, and served during the Great War with the 7th Battalion. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 7 October 1918, and is buried in Guizancourt Farm Cemetery, France.
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