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19 & 20 July 2017

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Lot

№ 282

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19 July 2017

Hammer Price:
£120

Three: Private C. Seward, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, killed in action on the Western Front, 18 April 1915

1914 Star (7722 Pte. C. Seward. K.O. Sco: Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (7722 Pte. C. Seward. K.O. Sco. Bord.) minor official correction to name on both BWM and VM, very fine (3) £100-140

Charles Seward was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers at Richmond, Surrey. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 11 September 1914, and was killed in action on 18 April 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.