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15 October 2020

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№ 600

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15 October 2020

Hammer Price:
£120

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (51290 Pte. T. Lloyd. Linc. R.; 18572 Pte. C. A. Cooper. Suff. R.; 26352 Pte. J. Smith. Suff. R.; 6292 Pte. F. C. Moore. Essex R.) generally very fine (4) £60-£80

Thomas Lloyd, of Walsall, attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 8 October 1918 during the second Battle of Cambrai, and is buried in the Naves Communal Cemetery Extension.

James Smith attested for the Suffolk Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 18 August 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Frederick Charles Moore, of Forest Gate, Essex, attested for the Essex Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War, landing at Cape Helles on 25 April 1915. Transferring to the 11th Battalion he saw further service on the Western Front, and was taken prisoner of war. He died in captivity on 25 October 1918, and is buried in the Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany.