Auction Catalogue

15 December 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 831 x

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15 December 2011

Hammer Price:
£40

Papers and Photographs relating to Second Lieutenant J. H. Woollven, 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action 4 September 1918, generally good condition (Lot) £20-40

Consists of a group photograph dated 1910 of the Cape Town Highlanders, featuring Pte. J. H. Woollven; a portrait photograph of the recipient as an officer in uniform; a memorial photograph of the recipient giving some biographical details (2); Field Message Book, named to ‘J. H. Woollven, No. 5 Hut, A Company’ - with notes relating to officer training; a letter from a brother officer to the family regarding the death of Woollven; the booklet The War Graves of the British Empire, Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3 Belgium - with an entry for Woollven; a copy of The Hampshire Regimental Journal, July 1918 (fragmentary cover); a copy of The Ypres Times, April 1923 - a special supplement on Ypres Cemeteries.