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Pair: Private F. Simmons, 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, who died of wounds, Mesopotamia, 9 April 1917
British War and Victory Medals (22786 Pte., Wilts. R.) in damaged named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Frederick Simmons) this in card envelope, extremely fine (3) £90-120
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to the Wiltshire Regiment.
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Frederick Simmons was born in Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire and lived and enlisted at Salisbury. Serving in the 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, he died of wounds, Mesopotamia, on 9 April 1917. His name is commemorated in the Shaik Saad Old Cemetery, Iraq. With copied casualty details.
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