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№ 732

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11 October 2023

Hammer Price:
£90

1914 Star (3-9826 Pte. B. Winchurst. 1/Wilts: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (33751 Pte. A. Colbeck. Yorks. L.I.; 2204 Pte. E. W. Hargreaves. E. Lan. R.) very fine (3) £90-£120

Bert Winchurst, from Swindon, Wiltshire, attested into the Wiltshire Regiment and served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 23 October 1914. He was killed in action on 26 September 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.

Ernest Walter Hargreaves attested into the East Lancashire Regiment for service during the Great War and served in the East Africa theatre with the 1/4th Battalion from 25 September 1914. He saw later service with the 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers and was discharged on 21 April 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge.

Sold together with a Wiltshire Regiment cap badge, copy Medal Index Cards, and copy medal roll extracts.