Auction Catalogue

21 July 2021

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 283

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21 July 2021

Hammer Price:
£140

Three: Acting Sergeant A. J. Hillier, Royal Field Artillery, later Royal Engineers
1914-15 Star (966 Bmbr. W. Hillier, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (966 A. Sjt. A. J. Hillier. R.A.) very fine

Three:
Private G. Meyrick, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (17410 Pte. G. Meyrick. Shrops. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (17410 Pte. G. Meyrick. K.S.L.I.) minor edge bruising, very fine

Pair:
Acting Sergeant G. C. Marchant, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
British War and Victory Medals (R-27781 A.Sjt. G. C. Marchant. K.R.R.C.) very fine (8) £100-£140

Walter Hillier was born in Pimlico, London, in 1897 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 November 1915, later transferring to the Royal Engineers. He died in Kensington, London, on 14 February 1961.

George Meyrick was born at Clunbury, Shropshire, on 12 April 1884 and attested for the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry at Ludlow, Shropshire, on 17 February 1915. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 August 1915, before transferring to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 16 March 1917. He was discharged class ‘Z’ Reserve on 27 April 1919, and died in 1956.

George Clifford Marchant was born in Pontypridd on 14 December 1893 and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 8 December 1915. Advanced Acting Sergeant on 31 March 1917, he served on attachment to the Nigerian Regiment in West Africa throughout 1918, and was discharged due to a disability contracted whilst on active service on 12 October 1919. He died in October 1968.

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