Three: Private T Carson, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 November 1916

1914-15 Star (2506. Pte. T. Carson. A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2506 Pte. T. Carson. A. & S. Highrs.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Carson) in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (4) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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Thomas Carson was born in Dumfries, and attested for the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Stirling. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 December 1914, and suffered a gun shot wound to the right thigh on 25 April 1915. Invalided home, he returned to the Front on 29 August 1915, and was killed in action on 15 November 1916. He is buried in Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, France.

Sold with War Office notification of death and place of burial; named Record Office enclosure for the British War and Victory Medals; a newspaper cutting photograph of the recipient; and copied research.