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№ 300

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23 March 2022

Hammer Price:
£260

Pair: Private P. Baum, Durham Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (9-6615 Pte. P. Baum. Durh. L.I.) nearly extremely fine

Three:
Private D. A. Howard, Seaforth Highlanders
British War and Victory Medals (S-22225 Pte. D. A. Howard. Seaforth.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Daniel A. Howard) very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (19171 Pte. A. Kiley. S. Wales Bord.; 18217 Pte. A. H. Smith. Welsh R.; 30230 Sjt. A. H. Logan. High. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks to first, generally nearly very fine and better

Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (George J. Palmer.) very fine (9) £120-£160

Percy Baum attested for the Durham Light Infantry at Chichester, Sussex, on 12 July 1916, and served with the 2nd/9th Battalion during the Great War in Salonika from 6 November 1916 to 9 February 1919. He was discharged Class Z Reserve on 27 March 1919.

Andrew Kiley was born in Penydaren, Glamorganshire, and attested for the South Wales Borderers at Cefn Coed, Glamorganshire. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 6 September 1915 and, having proceeded to the Western Front, was killed in action on 21 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, France.

Albert Henry Smith was born at Halesowen, Warwickshire, and attested for the Welsh Regiment at Bargoe, Glamorganshire. He served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 December 1915, and was admitted to 2nd General Hospital on 25 May 1916. Subsequently posted for service with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, he was drowned at sea on 4 May 1917, and is commemorated on the Savona Memorial, Italy.

Alexander Howe Logan was born in Glasgow in 1889 and attested there for the Highland Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 24 August 1918. He is buried in St. Hilaire Cemetery Extension, Frevent, France.

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