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17 July 2019

Hammer Price:
£220

Four: Private E. Haynes, Royal Marines and St. John Ambulance Brigade

1914-15 Star (Deal 3273-S- Pte. E. Haynes. R.M.); British War and Victory Medals (Deal 3273-S- Pte. E. Haynes. R.M.); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Pte. E. Haynes.) good very fine (4) £120-£160

Edgar Haynes was born in Dudley, Staffordshire, on 1 October 1890, and enlisted in the Royal Marines at Birmingham on 19 January 1915. He served during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 1 March 1915, and was hospitalised on 6 September 1915, being admitted to the 26th Clearing Hospital. Recovering, he subsequently served on the Western Front from 21 May 1916, and was demobilised on 22 March 1919.