Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 March 2020

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Lot

№ 1057

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5 March 2020

Hammer Price:
£190

British War Medal 1914-20 (11) (42958 Sjt. H. Baker. M.G.C.; 26518 Sjt. G. H. Effron. M.G.C.; 18763 Gnr. W. Moses. M.G.C.; 83874 Pte. H. W. Abrahams. M.G.C.; 31556 Pte. C. Holt. M.G.C.; 37011 Pte. H. G. King. M.G.C.; 3961 Pte. W. F. Miseman. M.G.C.; 103419 Pte. F. J. Paice. M.G.C.; 155666 Pte. M. Pringle. M.G.C.; 55799 Pte. P. J. Roper. M.G.C.; 154196 Pte. H. Staff. M.G.C.) generally very fine or better (11) £100-£140

Henry George Alfred Baker was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, and attested there for the Machine Gun Corps. He served with the 135th Company during the Great War in Mesopotamia, and in India, and died on 28 December 1917. He is buried in Mhow New Cemetery, India.

Henry William Abrahams served with the 10th Company, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 14 October 1917. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Charles Holt attested for the Machine Gun Corps at Halifax, Yorkshire, and served with the 62nd Company during the Great War on the Western Front. He died of wounds on 1 June 1917, and is buried in the Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St. Marc, France.

Walter Francis Miseman was born in Bridgewater and attested for the Machine Gun Corps. He served with the 53rd Company during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 19 July 1916. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.