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19 July 2017

Hammer Price:
£80

Three: Private F. Hotham, East Lancashire Regiment, died of wounds in North-West Europe, 5 December 1944

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs. M. Hotham, 51 Perth St., Chanterlands Ave., Hull’, extremely fine (3) £80-120

Frederick Hotham attested for the East Lancashire Regiment, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Second World War in North-West Europe. He died of wounds whilst serving with the Allied Expeditionary Force on 5 December 1944, and is commemorated in Hull Crematorium, Yorkshire.

Sold together with the named Army Council enclosure; War Office Notification of Death; and a East Lancashire Regiment tie pin.