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№ 257

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23 March 2022

Hammer Price:
£160

Three: Private P. Porter, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was reported missing and later confirmed as killed in action just after the Third Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli, on 6 June 1915

1914-15 Star (1754 Pte. P. Porter. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (1754 Pte. P. Porter. Lan. Fus.) very fine (3) £70-£90

Percy Porter was born at Bury, Lancashire, and attested there for the Lancashire Fusiliers. He served with the 1st/5th Battalion during the Great War initially in Egypt, and thence in Gallipoli, and was reported missing, subsequently being confirmed as killed in action on 6 June 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles, Memorial, Turkey.