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Lot

№ 532

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£130

1914 Star, with copy clasp (loose) (5742 Pte. A. Taunt, 14/Hrs.) extremely fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb 1914 Star Collection.

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Arthur Frank Taunt was born in Northampton and enlisted at Canterbury. Serving with the 14th Hussars, he entered the France / Flanders theatre of war on 7 October 1914. He was killed in action on 26 October 1914. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.