Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 March 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1144

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£160

Three: Corporal H. Jones, East Lancashire Regiment, killed in action, Gallipoli, 30 August 1915

1914-15 Star (1740 Cpl., E. Lanc. R); British War and Victory Medals (1740 Cpl., E. Lan. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £120-160

Herbert Jones was born in Millom, Cumberland. A weaver by occupation he enlisted at Burnley, Lancashire with the 1/5th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment. With them he entered the Balkan theatre of war on 10 May 1915. He was killed in action, shot by a sniper, at Gallipoli, 30 August 1915, aged 19 years. He was the son of Mary Jones of 11 Coniston Street, Burnley. His name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. Sold with copied research including a copied extract from the Express and Advertiser, 22 September 1915.