Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance-Corporal F. A. Spicer, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 April 1916

British War and Victory Medals (25174 Pte. F. A. Spicer. R.D. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Albert Spicer) in card envelope, extremely fine (3) £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family.

Frederick Albert Spicer was born in Battersea, London, in 1893 and attested for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers at Naas. He served as a Lance-Corporal with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action at Loos on 23 April 1916. He is buried in Bois-Carre Military Cemetery, France.