Lot Archive

Download Images

Lot

№ 789

.

21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£80

Memorial Scroll (2), inscribed ‘Private Arthur Turner, Royal Sussex Regiment; Pte. Claude Woodyard, Scottish Riflesboth slightly damaged but in overall reasonable condition (2) £30-£40

Arthur Turner, who was from Lewes, died of wounds on the Western Front on 27 November 1917, while serving with 'D' Company, 8th (Pioneer) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, and is buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery. Sold together with an original photograph of his wooden-cross grave and enclosure from the Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries; and an original photograph dated 1914

Claude Woodyard, who was born in Byfleet, Surrey, was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 September 1917, while serving with the 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.