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№ 395

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17 January 2024

Hammer Price:
£280

Three: Private A. T Boxall, Hampshire Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Kut-al-Amara, and died in captivity on 23 August 1916

1914-15 Star (G-1246 Pte. A. T. Boxall. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (280201 Pte. A. T. Boxall. Hamps. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160

Arthur Thomas Boxall was born in Stedham, Sussex, and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Petersfield, Hampshire. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 26 August 1915, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Kut-al-Amara. He died in captivity on 23 August 1916, and is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.

Sold with copied medal index card and other research.