Auction Catalogue

6 & 7 December 2017

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 1047

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7 December 2017

Hammer Price:
£240

Family Group:

Three:
Private P. J. Brierley, 13th Canadian Infantry, killed in action 9 September 1916
1914-15 Star (63132 Pte P. J. Brierley. 13/Can. Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (63132 Pte. P. J. Brierly [sic]. 13-Can. Inf.), all in flattened named card boxes boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Philip John Brierley) extremely fine

Pair:
Private J. F. Brierley, Leinster Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (5446 Pte. J. F. Brierley. Leins. R.) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (6) £140-180

Philip John Brierley was born at North Kensington, London, on 10 July 1892, the son of John James Brierley, of 50 Osterley Park, View Road, Hanwell, London. He served during the Great War with the 13th Canadian Infantry, was wounded by gun-shot wound to the head on 4 May 1917, and died of his wounds in No. 11 General Hospital, Camiers on 20 May 1917. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

John Frederick Brierley attested for the Leinster Regiment and served in the Great War in the 2nd and 7th Battalions.