Auction Catalogue

16 July 2020

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 268

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16 July 2020

Hammer Price:
£480

Three: Corporal G. J. S. Capel, 4th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), who died on the Western Front on 7 June 1918
1914-15 Star (3351, Pte. G. J. S. Capel, 2-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3351 Cpl. G. J. S. Capel. 4-Lond. R.) good very fine

Three:
Private J. W. Cooke, 1st/20th Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 25 September 1915
1914-15 Star (2771. Pte. K. W. Cooke. 20-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2771 Pte. J. W. Cooke. 20-Lond. R.) good very fine (6) £100-£140

George Joseph Smith Capel, who was from Clapham, died on 7 June 1918, while serving with the 4th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), and was buried at Roye New British Cemetery.

John William Cooke, who was born in Deptford, was killed in action on 25 September 1915, while serving with the 1st/20th Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich), and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.