Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2008

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1149

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£90

Pair: Private A. Whittingham, South Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action in Belgium in April 1918

British War and Victory Medals
(265451 Pte., S. Lan. R.), the first fitted with swivel-ring suspension device, edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine

Pair:
Private J. Wainwrught, Royal Army Medical Corps

British War and Victory Medals
(71718 Pte., R.A.M.C.), together with a portrait photograph, good very fine

Pair: Driver F. Boniface, Royal Engineers

British War and Victory Medals
(209242 Dvr., R.E.), extremely fine (6) £80-100

Arthur Whittingham, a native of Ancoats, Lancashire, was killed in action in Belgium on 13 April 1918, while serving in the 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.