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№ 247

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19 June 2024

Hammer Price:
£150

Three: Sergeant A. Warne, Royal Field Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches, and died of wounds on the Western Front on 8 April 1917

1914 Star (34741 Dvr: A. Warne. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (34741 Sjt. A. Warne. R.A.) good very fine (3) £100-£140

Albert Warne attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with 14th Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 14 February 1917), he was mortally wounded whilst serving with “C” Battery, 156th Brigade; evacuated to No. 54 General Hospital, Boulogne, he died there on 8 April 1918, and is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.