Auction Catalogue

25 February 2015

Starting at 10:00 AM

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№ 794 x

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25 February 2015

Hammer Price:
£800

Three: Private W. H. Partridge, 1st/6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, killed in action, on the first day of the battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916

1914-15 Star (2311 Pte., R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2311 Pte., R. War. R.) good very fine and better (3) £500-600

Private William Henry Partridge, 1st/6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 23 March 1915. He was killed in action on the first day of the battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.