Auction Catalogue

21 May 2020

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 272

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21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£260

Three: Corporal F. G. Perry, Royal Irish Regiment, later Military Mounted Police
1914-15 Star (11455 L Cpl. F. G. Perry. R. Ir. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (11455 Cpl. F. G. Perry. R. Ir. Regt.) good very fine

Pair:
Private O. Elderton, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 September 1918
British War and Victory Medals (40689 Pte. O. Elderton. R. Innis. Fus.) good very fine

Pair:
Private C. W. Creed, 18th (London Irish Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (5623 Pte. C. W. Creed 18-Lond. R.) minor edge bruising, very fine (7) £140-£180

F. G. Perry attested for the Royal Irish Regiment and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 8 July 1915. He transferred to the Military Mounted Police in Alexandria on 8 February 1918, and was discharged on 13 February 1919.

Oscar Elderton was born in Earls Baron, Northamptonshire, in 1893 and attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment. Transferring to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, he served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 29 September 1918. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Charles William Creed attested for the London Regiment, and served with the 18th Battalion (London Irish Rifles) during the Great War on the Western Front, before transferring to the Labour Corps.

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