Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 June 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 248

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£160

1914-15 Star (2) (1870 Pte. E. H. Evans, R.A.M.C.; 1185 Pte. W. H. Thompson, 3/Bn. A.I.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (201496 Pte. J. F. Finlay, H.L.I.; 111415 Pnr. J. McGuire, R.E.; 168411 Spr. M. Lawless, R.E.; 25/172 Rflm. J. C. Fleury, N.Z.E.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (5524 Pte. J. O’Dwyer, R. Ir. Regt.; 6015 Pte. A. S. Conway, 2-Lond. R.; 124341 Pte. L. Atkin, M.G.C.; T4-2606 Pte. H. Clarke, A.S.C.; S-16120 Pte. D. Dalton, A.S.C.) very fine and better (11) £120-160

1185 Private William Henry Thompson, 3rd Battalion A.I.F., was killed in action in Gallipoli sometime between 7-12 August 1915. He was buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery.

25/1722 Rifleman John Charles Fleury, 4th Battalion New Zealand Rifle Brigade, was killed in action on 3 October 1916. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Caterpillar Valley Memorial, Longueval, near Bapaume, France. He was the son of the Rev. L. R. Fleury of 41 Leinster Gardens, Bayswater, London.