Auction Catalogue

19 May 2021

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 225

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19 May 2021

Hammer Price:
£160

Pair: Lieutenant F. G. Blandford, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. G. Blandford.) extremely fine

Memorial Plaque (Frederick John Garside Neville) nearly extremely fine (3) £60-£80

Francis George Blandford was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 8 August 1917, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 July 1918.

Frederick John Garside Neville was born in Shoreditch and attested for the London Regiment in London. He served with the 4th (Royal Fusiliers) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 January 1915, and died of wounds on 30 April 1915. He is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.