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23 March 2022

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£170

British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (21794 Pte. S. Holding. Worc. R.; 17000 Pte. G. Hopkins. Worc. R.; 36332 Pte. G. H. Felton. S. Staff. R.; 12336 Pte. W. I. Hill. S. Staff. R.; 25632 Pte. J. T. White. S. Staff. R.; 52792 Pte. W. J. Morris. N. Staff. R.) generally very fine (6) £100-£140

Samuel Holding was born in Worcester and attested there for the Worcestershire Regiment. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 15 July 1915, and was killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.

George Hopkins was born in Cardiff and attested for the Worcestershire Regiment at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 4 July 1915, and was killed in action at Gallipoli on 10 August 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.

William Isaiah Hill was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, and attested there for the South Staffordshire Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 March 1915, and was killed in action on 28 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

John Thomas White was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, and attested there for the South Staffordshire Regiment on 18 May 1916. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded by gun shot to the right forearm on 23 August 1918. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 11 February 1919.

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