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

№ 262

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£170

British War Medal 1914-20 (S. Lt. N. Nesbitt, R.N.V.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2 Lt. P. E. R. Hardy, R.M.) good very fine and better (2) £100-150

Sub-Lieutenant Norman Nesbitt, Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, was killed in action on 21 August 1918, aged 28 years. He was buried in the Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France. He was the son of the Rev. J. C. Nesbitt, M.A. and Marianne Nesbitt of Elloughton, Brough, East Yorkshire.

2nd Lieutenant Philip Ernest Radford Hardy, 2nd R.M. Battalion, Royal Naval Division, was killed in action on 28 April 1917, aged 22 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. He was the son of William James and Emily Hardy of 9 Langport Road, Weston-super-Mare.