Auction Catalogue

15 December 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 809 x

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15 December 2011

Hammer Price:
£45

Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Samuel Podmore), pierced at 12 o’clock and polished, nearly very fine £40-60

There are at least two men with these names on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register - Private Samuel Podmore of the 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment, who was killed in action on 16 May 1915, and who is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial. And a Lance-Corporal in the 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on 25 September 1915, and who is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.