Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 November 2015

Starting at 12:00 PM

.

Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Live Online Auction

Download Images

Lot

№ 873

.

26 November 2015

Hammer Price:
£50

British War Medal 1914-20 (47530 Pte. A. Marshall, Manch. R.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £60-80

Arthur Marshall was born and lived in Wakefield, West Yorkshire and enlisted at Manchester. Serving with the 23rd Battalion (8th City) Manchester Regiment, he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field (London Gazette 9 July 1917). He was killed in action, France, on 22 October 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. With copied m.i.c., gazette extract and casualty details.