Auction Catalogue

17 September 2020

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 312

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17 September 2020

Hammer Price:
£120

Pair: Lieutenant R. Catto, Border Regiment, attached Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, who was wounded on the Western Front in August 1918
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. R. Catto.) in named card box of issue; together with a 1920 Shilling gilded and converted into an identity tag, the obverse engraved ‘R. S. Catto. 21/1/20.’, extremely fine

Pair:
Private W. V. Denwood, Border Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (14753 Pte. W. V. Denwood. Bord. R.) very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (241433 Pte. T. H. Bowron. Bord. R.); together with the recipient’s brother’s (?) two card identity tags, named ‘1128830 E. Bowron. C. of E.’; Victory Medal 1914-19 (260093 Cpl. E. Fairhurst. Bord. R.) good very fine (6) £100-£140

Robert Catto was educated at Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Border Regiment in November 1917. He served during the Great War attached to the 10th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment on the Western Front from April 1918, and was wounded by shrapnel to the left knee on 26 August 1918. Reverting to the 3rd/7th Battalion, Border Regiment, he was promoted Lieutenant in May 1919.

William V. Denwood attested for the Border Regiment on 7 September 1914, and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 September 1915. Reported wounded in action on 12 August 1916, he was discharged on 24 January 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Thomas Henry Bowron was born in Keswick Cumberland, and attested for the Border Regiment at Shap, Westmorland, on 22 March 1916. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 July 1916, and died of wounds on 8 November 1917, from the effects of gas breathed in two days earlier. He is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Enoch Fairhurst, a native of Hollinwood, Lancashire, was born in 1882 and attested for the Border Regiment on 26 June 1913. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War, and was discharged on 18 October 1917, suffering from bronchitis.

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