Auction Catalogue

30 March 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 494

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£150

Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (208410 Dvr. F. G. Robinson, R.A.; 25873 Sgt. J. G. Williams, S. & T.C.); Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (Sjt. E. J. Cook, 1st S.A.I.; A/Cpl. M. H. O’Meara, 2nd S.A.I.) all with adhesive residues, good very fine and better (4) £60-80

Sergeant Ernest James Cook, 1st Regiment South African Infantry, was killed in action on 21 March 1918, aged 36 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. He was the son of Charles Edward and Agnes Anne Cook.

Corporal Michael Henry O’Meara, 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, was killed in action on 24 March 1918, aged 38 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. He was the son of Thomas P. and Mary O’Meara of 42 Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal.