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№ 250

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20 April 2022

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Private P. Blyth, Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Somme on 17 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (3629 Pte. P. Blyth. York. R.) good very fine

Efficiency Medal (2), G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (4539050. Pte. A. D. Thompson. E. Yorks.); E.II.R. 2nd issue, Territorial (22220899 Cpl. R. Lowdon. RNF.) minor official correction to number on first, otherwise extremely fine (4) £100-£140

Percy Blyth, a native of Beverley, Yorkshire, attested for the Yorkshire Regiment, and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on the Somme on 17 September 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.