Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 September 2019

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 422

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25 September 2019

Hammer Price:
£220

Pair: Private R. C. Bentley, East Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 May 1917
British War and Victory Medals (G-20056 Pte. R. C. Bentley. E. Kent R.) good very fine

Pair:
Private F. Ansfield, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 4 October 1917
British War and Victory Medals (G-16180 Pte. F. Ansfield. R.W. Kent R.) good very fine

Pair:
Private H. Wells, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on 16 August 1917
British War and Victory Medals (GS-10402 Pte. H. W. Wells. R.W. Kent R.) generally very fine (6) £80-£120

Roland Cunard Bentley, of Bexleyheath, Kent, attested for the East Kent Regiment and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Frederick Ansfield was born in Lower Beeding, Sussex, and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Horsham, Sussex. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 4 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Henry William Wells, of Chatham, Kent, attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 16 August 1917, and is buried in Voormezeele Enclosures Nos.1 and 2, Belgium.