Auction Catalogue

25 September 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 581

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£190

Three: Private W. P. Miles, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action with the 2nd Battalion at Aubers Ridge in January 1915

1914 Star
(3871 Pte., 2/Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (3871 Pte., Rif. Brig.), the second with second initial ‘P.’, good very fine (3) £160-200

William Patrick Miles, who was born in Guildford, Surrey, and first entered the French theatre of war in early November 1914, was killed in action at Aubers Ridge on 14 January 1915, while serving in the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He is buried in Fauquissart Military cemetery, Laventie.