Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant O. Hollies, Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 March 1918

British War and Victory Medals (21676 Sjt. O. Hollies. Ches. R.); Memorial Plaque (Oliver Hollies) in card envelope; Memorial Scroll ‘Serjt. Oliver Hollies, Cheshire Regt.’, nearly extremely fine (4) £140-£180

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

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Oliver Hollies was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, and attested there for the Cheshire Regiment. He served as a Sergeant with the 15th (Bantams) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 27 March 1918, during the German Spring Offensive. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Pozières Memorial, France.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, and copied research.