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12 December 2019

Hammer Price:
£260

British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (3001 Cpl. B. H. A. Loker 2-Lond. R.; 1827 Pte. G. Sanders. 3-Lond. R.; 5270 Pte. G. T. Dunn. 4-Lond. R.; K-132 Pte. W. T. Barker. R. Fus.; GS-52867 Pte. A. H. J. Farrant. R. Fus.; GS-52700 Pte. G.E. Tarling. R. Fus.) nearly very fine and better (6) £100-£140

Bertram Horace Alfred Loker, of Lisson Grove, Marylebone, London served with the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War in Egypt from 30 August 1915, as part of a draft to replenished numbers lost at Gallipoli. He died of wounds on the Western Front on 9 August 1916, and is buried in the Porte-de-Paris Cemetery, Cambrai, France.

George Sanders served with the 3rd Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 January 1915.

George Thomas Dunn, of Hoxton, London, served with the 2nd/4th Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action at the battle of Arras on 14 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

William T. Barker attested for the 22nd (Kensington) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on 12 September 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 November 1915. He was discharged on account of wounds on 19 December 1918, and was entitled to the Silver War Badge no. B255614.

Alfred Farrant, of Brighton, Sussex, was served with the 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action at the battle of Arras on 10 April 1917. He is buried in Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, France.

George Edward Tarling, of Barnet, Middlesex, served with the 26th (Bankers) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action at the battle of Courtrai on 14 October 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.