Auction Catalogue

15 October 2020

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 307

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15 October 2020

Hammer Price:
£140

Pair: Second Lieutenant C. F. Bishop, 13th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 4 April 1918
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. F. Bishop.) generally very fine or better

Pair:
Second Lieutenant W. W. Marsters, Army Service Corps
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W. W. Marsters.) very fine (4) £90-£110

Charles Frederick Bishop was the son of Mr and Mrs F. C. Bishop of 11 St. Andrew’s Mansions, West Kensington, London. He served as a Private in the Inns of Court O.T.C. prior to his commission in the Royal Fusiliers. Bishop served with the 13th (Service) Battalion in the French theatre of war from 6 January 1917. He was killed in action on the Western Front, 4 April 1918, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Walter Wilfred Marsters served during the Great War as Second Lieutenant with the Army Service Corps in the French theatre of war from 11 July 1918.