Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 September 2013

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1433

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20 September 2013

Hammer Price:
£580

Three: Captain James Stirling, Scottish Rifles, who was killed in action near Armentieres on 2 February 1915

1914
Star (Capt., Sco. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) good very fine (3) £400-500

Captain James Stirling was born in 1884 and educated at Wellington College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He went to the Western Front on 6 October 1914 and was killed in action near Armentieres on 2 January 1915 whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). A bronze tablet was placed in the Rockbeare Parish Church to his memory and also that of his younger brother, Lieutenant W. D. Stirling, R.N. With some copied research.