Auction Catalogue

1 & 2 March 2017

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 277

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1 March 2017

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Private J. Wrighton, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (41722 Pte. J. Wrighton. R. War. R.) nearly very fine

1914-15 Star (9176 Cpl. A. H. Carter. R. War: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (5558 Pte. D. Fraser. 1-D. Gds.; 58313 Pte. J. A. Dovey. R. War. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (20881 Pte. J. N. Callaghan. R. War. R.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R. (William J. Harbach.) generally nearly very fine or better (7) £70-90

Alfred H. Carter served with the 10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 July 1915.

David Fraser served during the Great War with the 1st Dragoon Guards, before transferring to the 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 July 1919).

John Nicholas Callaghan was born in 1895 and attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 4 December 1915. He served during the Great War with the 8th Battalion, and subsequently with the Royal Engineers as a loco driver with 30th Light Railway Operating Company, and was demobilised due to disability of the lungs on 10 October 1919. He died in Birmingham in 1930.