Auction Catalogue

18 & 19 September 2014

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

№ 221

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18 September 2014

Hammer Price:
£190

Three: Private W. White, 6th Battalion Leinster Regiment, who died of wounds at Gallipoli, 12 August 1915

1914-15 Star (1167 Pte., Leins. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1167 Pte., Leins. R.) good very fine (3) £90-120

William White was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire and enlisted into the Wiltshire Regiment at Southwick, Sussex. Serving with the 6th Battalion Leinster Regiment, he entered the Balkan theatre of war on 5 August 1915. Serving in Gallipoli, he died of wounds on 12 August 1915 and was buried in the Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Turkey. With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.