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23 June 2021

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№ 280

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23 June 2021

Hammer Price:
£160

Pair: Lance-Corporal H. C. Agar, Yorkshire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (1686 Pte. H. C. Agar. York R.); Memorial Plaque (Harry Clifford Agar) all mounted in a contemporary glazed oak display frame, extremely fine (3) £180-£220

Harry Clifford Agar was born at Lockington, Beverley, Yorkshire, and was living at Kirbygrindalythe when he enlisted at Driffield for the 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Wounded in 1917, he subsequently spent 10 weeks in Birmingham Hospital suffering from dysentery. Returning to his battalion in France, he was taken prisoner on 8 May 1918, and died as a prisoner of war in Germany on 17 November 1918. He is buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery.