Auction Catalogue

16 July 2020

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 255

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16 July 2020

Hammer Price:
£130

Three: Private L. H. McIntosh, Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 January 1917

1914-15 Star (13822 Pte L. H. McIntosh. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (13822 Pte. L. H. Mc Intosh. C. Gds.), nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£120

Londsdale Hall McIntosh, who was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, attested for the Coldstream Guards, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 November 1915. He was killed in action by a shell on 27 January 1917, and was buried at Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie.

Sold with comprehensive original documentation, including transmittal ships, boxes of issue and a letter of condolence from Lieutenant Lord Hugh Kennedy, who was McIntosh’s platoon commander.