Auction Catalogue

27 June 2007

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 699

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27 June 2007

Hammer Price:
£290

Three: Private H. Duffy, Wiltshire Regiment

1914-15 Star (11263 Pte., Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (11263 Pte., Wilts. R.); Memorial Plaque (Hugh Duffy) fine and better (4) £120-160

Hugh Duffy was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, and living at Blaintyre, Glasgow, he enlisted at Hamilton. Serving with the 6th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, he was killed in action on 25 September 1915. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Memorial Plaque with associated Buckingham Palace slip.