Auction Catalogue

18 & 19 July 2018

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 857

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19 July 2018

Hammer Price:
£190

Pair: Captain H. Gandy, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. Gandy.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine

Pair:
Private H. Wood, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (23383 Pte. H. Wood. Notts. & Derby. R.) VM officially re-impressed, extremely fine

Pair:
Mr. A. Burrows, Mercantile Marine
British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Alfred Burrows), together with the recipient’s Certificate of Authority to Wear, nearly extremely fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (L.Z.5704 R. W. Cayzer. A.B. R.N.V.R.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur Aked) in card envelope of issue, extremely fine (8) £100-140

H. Gandy was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and was promoted Lieutenant on 21 January 1918.

Two men with the name Arthur Aked are recorded on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour: a Private from York in the 17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 November 1917, and is buried in Buffs Road Cemetery, Belgium; and a Private from Halifax, Yorkshire, in the 9th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 23 October 1918, and is buried in Inchy Communal Cemetery Extension, France.