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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№ 972 x

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15 December 2011

Hammer Price:
£160

Three: Private C. Wilson, Cameron Highlanders, who died of wounds, France/Flanders, 17 July 1916

1914-15 Star (S-16623 Pte., Cam’n. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-16623 Pte., Camerons) extremely fine (3) £80-100

Crawford Wilson was born in Gourock, Renfrewshire and lived and enlisted at Glasgow. Serving with the 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders, he died of wounds, France/Flanders, 17 July 1916, aged 23 years. He was buried in the La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie. He was the son of Alexander Simpson Wilson and Agnes Welch Wilson of Largs, Ayrshire.