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№ 262

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19 June 2024

Hammer Price:
£170

Four: Captain S. R. Thorp, Royal Field Artillery, late Honourable Artillery Company
1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. S. R. Thorp. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. S. R. Thorp.); Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, edge nicks and minor contact marks, nearly very fine

Pair: Lieutenant M. F. Sadler, Royal Field Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. M. F. Sadler.) extremely fine (6) £70-£90

Sidney Richard Thorp served in France from 11 November 1915, initially as Second Lieutenant with 2nd Divisional Artillery. Transferring as a Lieutenant to “B” Battery of the Honourable Artillery Company, he later returned to the Royal Field Artillery as Captain.

Maurice Ferdinand Sadler was born in Wandsworth in 1897 and was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery on 16 April 1917, serving in France from 26 June 1917.