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№ 789

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19 July 2018

Hammer Price:
£150

Three: Gunner P. A. Wells, Royal Horse Artillery, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 24 February 1917

1914 Star (26472 Gnr: P. A. Wells. R.H.A.) with named Record Office enclosure; British War and Victory Medals (26472 Gnr. P. A. Wells. R.A.) extremely fine (3) £100-140

Philip Ashness Wells was born in Brighton, Sussex, and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at London. He served in “C” Battery, 3rd Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 24 February 1917. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.