Auction Catalogue

27 June 2002

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria including the collection to Naval Artificers formed by JH Deacon

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 682

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27 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£50

Serjeant B. Smith, Rifle Brigade

1914-15 Star (2691 Sjt., Rif. Brig.), fine; together with Memorial Plaque (Benjamin Smith), pierced at 12 o’clock, worn (2) £20-30

Serjeant Benjamin Smith, 4th battalion, Rifle Brigade, was born at Waltham, Hampshire and enlisted at Gosport, Hampshire. He was killed in action, France / Flanders, 8.5.1915, aged 23 years and his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.