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19 May 2021

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№ 433

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19 May 2021

Hammer Price:
£80

British War Medal 1914-20 (266408 Pte. G. P. Wright. Kent Cyc. Bn.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (G-13241 Pte. F. Beaumont R.W. Kent R.; G-20625 Pte. G. Turvill. R.W. Kent R.; 202377 Pte. L. Weiner. R.W. Kent R.) second heavily corroded, generally nearly very fine and better (4) £60-£80

Frederick Beaumont was born in Kirton, Suffolk, and attested for the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment at Bury St Edmunds. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 30 May 1917. He is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France.

George Turvill was born in Crondall, Hampsire, and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Hounslow, Middlesex. He transferred to the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. Taken Prisoner of War, he died in captivity on 3 July 1918, and is buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany.