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№ 291

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28 February 2018

Hammer Price:
£360

Four: Private J. B. H. S. Scott, Royal Scots, killed in action at Kohima, 28 May 1944

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. J. Scott, c/o Mrs Gove, 18 Wellington Street, Montrose’, extremely fine (4) £80-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Second World War Casualties.

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James Blair Hay Smith Scott served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots, during the Second World War, and was killed in action at the Battle of Kohima on 28 May 1944, aged 25. He is buried in Kohima War Cemetery, Burma.