Auction Catalogue

16 April 2020

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№ 688

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16 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£200

British War Medal 1914-20 (9) (20465 Pte. A. Bradshaw. Linc. R.; 11399 Pte. E. L. Brown. Linc. R.; 1806 Pte. H. Copestake. Linc. R.; 2240 Pte. P. W. Drake. Linc. R.; 3292 Pte. E. Drane. Linc. R.; 43435 Pte. J. A. Forster. Linc. R.; 266636 Pte. H. Green. Linc. R.; 21297 Pte. F. Harrison. Linc. R.; 13282 Pte. F. Herbert. Linc. R.) generally nearly very fine and better (9) £100-£140

Alfred Bradshaw was born in Peters, Lincolnshire, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment. 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.

Ernest Levi Brown was born in Oakham, Rutland, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 23 May 1915. He is buried in the Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Henry Copestake was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 23 February 1918) and died on 12 October 1918. He is buried in the Vieil-St. Remy Communal Cemetery, France.