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№ 41

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14 April 2021

Hammer Price:
£240

Three: Private Benjamin Pitt, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 8 July 1916

1914-15 Star (11559 Pte. B. Pitt. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (5372 Pte. B. Pitt. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Benjamin Pitt) extremely fine (4) £100-£140

Benjamin Pitt was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, and enlisted at Birmingham. He served with the 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, in France from 6 August 1915, and was killed in action on 8 July 1916, aged 20. The son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Pitt, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, he is buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.