Auction Catalogue

25 February 2015

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Lot

№ 705 x

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25 February 2015

Hammer Price:
£130

Three: Private H. W. Richardson, 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment

1914 Star, with copy clasp (8030 Pte., Dorset. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8030 Pte., Dorset. R.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £100-140

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Private Henry W. Richardson, 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 16 August 1914. Placed in the 15th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, in Smith-Dorriens II Army Corps. Richardson was discharged due to wounds on 17 February 1916 and awarded the Silver War Badge (not with lot). With copied roll extract and m.i.c. - clasp confirmed.