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№ 549

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19 April 2023

Hammer Price:
£150

Memorial Plaque (2) (Thomas Augustus Swetman; George Henry Minter) both with Buckingham Palace enclosures, in card envelopes, some verdigris, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90

Thomas Augustus Swetman served as a Gunner with the 13th Battery, 5th (London) Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 27 September 1915. He is buried in Bully Grenay Communal Cemetery, France.

George Henry Minter served as a Private with the 55th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action, aged 25, on 17 May 1918. He is buried in Franvillers Communal Cemetery, France.