Auction Catalogue

16 December 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 827

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£280

Pair: Private R. G. Richards, Devon Regiment, killed on the first day of the battle of the Somme

British War and Victory Medals (3-6783 Pte., Devon R.) good very fine (2) £100-150

Reginald George Richards, “B” Coy. 2nd Battalion, Devon Regiment, was born at Barnstaple, Devon, and was killed in action in France on 1 July 1916. He was aged 18 and is commemorated by name on the Thiepval Memorial.