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16 July 2020

Hammer Price:
£260

Three: Lance Corporal R. Michael, 1/4th (Ross Highland) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, later 154th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), who died of wounds on the Western Front on 10 April 1917

1914 Star (1883 Pte R. Michael. 1/4 Sea: Highrs); British War and Victory Medals (1883 Pte. R. Michael. Seaforth.) number partially officially corrected on BWM, generally good very fine (3) £100-£140

Robert Michael was born in Kilmuir, Ross-shire. He served during the Great War with the the 1/4th (Ross Highland) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders in the French theatre of war from 7 November 1914. Michael subsequently transferred to the 154th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), advanced to Lance Corporal, and died of wounds on the Western Front, 10 April 1917.

Lance Corporal Michael is buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.