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№ 234

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18 January 2023

Hammer Price:
£110

Three: Gunner F. Aspinall, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (85741 Gnr. F. Aspinall, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (85741 Gnr. F. Aspinall. R.A.) very fine

Three: Gunner G. Maunder, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (85202 Gnr. G. Maunder. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (85202 Gnr. G. Maunder. R.A.) mounted as worn, polished, very fine (6) £70-£90

Fred Aspinall was born in 1893 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Buxton, Derbyshire, on 2 February 1915. He served with the 22nd Division during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 September 1915, and later in Salonika, in ‘B’ Battery, 99th Brigade, before being evacuated to Malta in May 1918, suffering from Malaria. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve in March 1919.

George Maunder was born at Marylebone, London, and attested for service in the Royal Field Artillery on 15 August 1914. He served with the 62nd Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from late 1914, receiving a gun shot wound to his upper right arm in April 1918. He transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 12 June 1919.