Auction Catalogue

31 March 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 225

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31 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£140

British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (2 Lieut. H. P. Fisher; 2 Lieut. O. W. Holmes; 2 Lieut. G. A. Charlton; 21281 Pte. S. King, 8-Can. Inf.; 1000073 Spr. J. Minnis, C.E.) medal to ‘Charlton’ with engraved rank and initials and erased regiment, some with edge bruising, very fine and better (5) £70-90

2nd Lieutenant Hubert Patrick Fisher, 9th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, was killed in action on 9 July 1916. He was buried in the Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France.

‘2nd Lieutenant O. W. Holmes’ - two with this name and rank died in the Great War.