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14 September 2022

Hammer Price:
£140

Pair: Driver H. W. Jackson, Royal Field Artillery, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 10 August 1917
British War and Victory Medals (1237 Dvr. H. W. Jackson. R.A.) very fine

Pair: Acting Sergeant W. Guppy, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 June 1917
British War and Victory Medals (57570 A. Sjt. W. Guppy. R.A.) in lid of named card box of issue, in outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. Ada Guppy, 10 Calton Road, Bath’, nearly extremely fine

Pair: Gunner W. Forber, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 4 April 1918
British War and Victory Medals (161019 Gnr. W. Forber. R.A.) very fine (6) £100-£140

Harold Walter Jackson was born in Gloucester and attested there for the Royal Field Artillery. He served with ‘C’ Battery, 240th Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915, and died of wounds on 17 August 1917. He is buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3, Belgium.

William Guppy was born in Sydling St. Nicholas, Dorset, and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Bath. He served with the 289th Siege Battery during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 12 June 1917. He is buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium.

William Forber was born in St. Helens, Lancashire, and attested there for the Royal Garrison Artillery. He served with the 228th Siege Battery during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 4 April 1918. He is buried in Bovers West Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

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