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17 March 2021

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№ 170

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17 March 2021

Hammer Price:
£280

Four: Lance-Corporal A. J. Gooderham, Highland Light Infantry, later Military Foot Police, who died of disease in India on 13 July 1918

1914-15 Star (10459 Pte. A. J. Gooderham High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10459 Pte. A. J. Gooderham. H.L.I.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (10459 Pte. A. Gooderhams [sic] 1st. H.L.I.) regimentally engraved naming; Memorial Plaque (Arthur John Gooderham) good very fine (5) £140-£180

Arthur John Gooderham was born in Walthamstow, London, and attested for the Highland Light Infantry at Stratford, Essex. He served with the 1st Battalion in India, and then during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 November 1914, before transferring to the Military Foot Police and proceeding with them back to India. He died of disease at 44 General Hospital, and is buried in Deolali Government Cemetery, India.