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19 June 2024

Hammer Price:
£130

1914-15 Star (16431 Pte. D. Guthrie. K. O. Sco: Bord:); British War Medal 1914-20 (7) (18083 Pte. W. Biggar. K. O. Sco. Bord.; 5372 Pte. T. Gardener. R. Highrs.; 36362 Pte. A. Adam. High. L. I.; 24569 Pte. M. Gibb. Cam’n Highrs.; 99581 Pte. Pte. W. Cullen. M.G.C.; 108623 Pte. W. Hamilton. M.G.C.; SE-15952 Pte. H. McKay. A.V.C.) generally very fine (8) £140-£180

David Guthrie, from Paisley, Renfrewshire, attested into the King’s Own Scottish Borderers for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 6th Battalion from 12 May 1915. Captured and taken Prisoner of War, he died of wounds on 17 October 1915 and is buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany.

William Biggar, attested into the King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 26 January 1915 for service during the Great War and served in the Balkans theatre with the 1st Battalion from 30 June 1915. He was discharged as a consequence of wounds on 26 June 1916 and awarded a Silver War Badge No. 96,077.

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