Auction Catalogue

17 & 18 July 2019

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 528

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17 July 2019

Hammer Price:
£180

Family Group:

Pair:
Private F. C. Wheeler, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (B-20201 Pte. F. C. Wheeler. R. Fus.) in named card box of issue, good very fine

Pair:
Private C. H. Wheeler, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 19 April 1916
British War and Victory Medals (18714 Pte. C. H. Wheeler. Essex R.) in named card box of issue, with named Record Office enclosure addressed to ‘Mr. H. Wheeler, 10 Studds Lane, Mile End, Colchester’, good very fine (4) £100-£140

Frederick Collier Wheeler was born in Colchester, Essex, and attested for the Royal Fusiliers at Guildford, Surrey. He served with the 26th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 18 September 1916. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Cecil Henry Wheeler, the brother of Frank Collier Wheeler, was born in Colchester, Essex, and attested there for the Essex Regiment. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 19 April 1916. He is buried in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme, France.