Auction Catalogue

27 & 28 June 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 238

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28 June 2012

Hammer Price:
£90

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (Lieut. T. Ruddock; 1189 Gnr. J. Gearing, R.A.) 1st with edge bruise, very fine and better (2) £50-70

Lieutenant Thomas Ruddock, 4th Battalion East Kent Regiment, killed in action, France, 7 August 1918, aged 23 years. Buried in the Querrieu British Cemetery, Somme. The son of Richard Turner and Ellen Elizabeth Ruddock of Great Yarmouth.

Gunner J. Gearing, 14th Brigade, Ammunition Column, Royal Horse Artillery, died on 17 December 1918. He was buried in the St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.