Auction Catalogue

21 May 2020

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Lot

№ 208

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21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£190

Pair: Private T. Blake, Welsh Regiment
1914 Star (9843 Pte S. T. Blake. 2/Welsh R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (9843 Pte. S. T. Blake. Welsh R.), polished, nearly very fine

Pair:
Private J. Frew, North Staffordshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (34822 Pte. J. Frew. N. Staff. R.), the first lacking suspension, otherwise good fine

Pair:
Private T. Box, Machine Gun Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 April 1918
British War and Victory Medals (54609 Pte. T. Box. M.G.C.), very fine

Pair:
Private D. J. Evans, Machine Gun Corps
British War and Victory Medals (52703 Pte. D. J. Evans. M.G.C.), good very fine (8) £100-£140

Sidney Blake attested for the Welsh Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914.

Thomas Box, who was born in Tipton, Staffordshire, was killed in action on 13 April 1918, while serving with the 29th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), having previously served with the Shropshire Light Infantry. His body was never recovered and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.