Auction Catalogue

5 December 1995

Starting at 10:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Charing Cross Hotel  The Strand  London  WC2N 5HX

Lot

№ 280

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5 December 1995

Hammer Price:
£90

1914-15 Star and British War Medal (PS-1614 Pte. W. J. Button, Midd’x.R.); 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal (4-7532 Pte. W. Colley, W.York.R.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (George Colley) good very fine (5)

Private William John Button, 16th (Public Schools) battalion, killed in action, 1 July, 1916, first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Private William Colley, 4th battalion, killed in action, 1 July, 1916, first day of the Battle of the Somme.