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Three: Private F. A. Morris, Royal Lancaster Regiment
1914-15 Star (20212 Pte. F. A. Morris. R. Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (20212 Pte. F. A. Morris. R. Lanc. R.) nearly very fine
Pair: Private A. Butt, Dorset Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (15737 Pte. A. Butt. Dorset. R.) good very fine
Pair: Private J. R. Ashton, Rifle Brigade
British War and Victory Medals (50955 Pte. J. R. Ashton. Rif. Brig.) good very fine
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (8252 Pte. W. Crane. Linc. R.; 17042 Cpl. T. Bailey. Leic. R.; 16485 Pte. E. Tugby. Leic. R.) attempt to obliterate surname on first; Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (45944 Pte. F. Chappell. The Queen’s R.; 251237 Pte. W. G. Swann. Durh. L.I.; 58384 A.Sjt. J. W. Edgar. M.G.C.) generally nearly very fine (13) £100-£140
Walter Crane was born in Hammersmith, Middlesex, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment in London. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 10 March 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.
Ernest Tugby was born in Whitwick, Leicestershire, and attested for the Leicestershire Regiment at Coalville, Leicestershire. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 7 June 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
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