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Pair: Private L. S. Miller, 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
British War and Victory Medals (23-1390 Pte. L.S. Miller. North’d Fus.) good very fine
Pair: Private H. E. Franklin 14th (1st Birmingham Pals) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed in action in Belgium on 26 October 1917
British War and Victory Medals (43277 Pte. H. E. Franklin. R. War. R.) with named card box of issue, extremely fine (4) £120-£160
Leslie S. Miller attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers, and served with the 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Battalion during he Great War on the Western Front. He later transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 20 March 1919.
Harold Edward Franklin was born at Chesham, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, having previously served in the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars. He served with the 14th (1st Birmingham Pals) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 26 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.
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