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№ 270

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23 June 2021

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Private H. G. Halliday, 10th Hussars, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 April 1917

British War and Victory Medals (28768 Pte. H. G. Halliday. 10-Hrs.) in flattened named card box of issue, in outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr. H. Holiday [sic], Lewin Water, Welwyn, Herts.’, extremely fine (2) £80-£120

Henry George Halliday (variously spelt as Holliday or Holiday) was born in Bracknell, Berkshire, and attested for the 10th (Prince of Wales’s Own Royal Hussars at Tidworth. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 11 April 1917. He is buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France.