Auction Catalogue

20 September 2002

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to coincide with the OMRS Convention

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

Lot

№ 1311

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20 September 2002

Hammer Price:
£170

Three: Reverend E. R. Prance, Chaplain to the Forces, late Private, Royal Fusiliers

1914-15 Star (2319 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Rev.), together with a Chaplain’s badge, rev. with remains of brooch fitting, very fine (4) £100-150

Ernest Reginald Prance, the son of the Rev. E. H. Prance, was educated at Wellington College and Clare College, Cambridge. He gained a B.A. in 1897, was Ordained in 1899 and gained a M.A. in 1903. He took his first position in 1903 at Cudderston, then at Thomas-a-Beckett Church at Portsmouth. With the outbreak of the Great War, he opted to serve in the ranks of the Royal Fusiliers (1914-16) before taking the rank as a Chaplain to the Forces (1916-19).