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

№ 688

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£270

Three: Private F. H. James, 20th Battalion London Regiment, died of wounds, 3 April 1918

1914-15 Star (3230 Pte., 20-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3230 Pte., 20-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Henry James), this in card envelope of issue,` extremely fine (4) £160-200

Frederick Henry James was born in Kilburn, lived in Lewisham and enlisted at Blackheath. Serving with the 20th Battalion London Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 19 August 1915. He died of wounds on 3 April 1918. James was buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. He was the son of James James of 62 Brookbank Road, Lewisham, London. Sold with forwarding slips for the British War and Victory Medals and Memorial Plaque; also with copied m.i.c. and newspaper extract.