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17 August 2021

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Lot

№ 37

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17 August 2021

Hammer Price:
£200

Three: Private C. S. James, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action near Troyon, during operations on the Aisne, on 14 September 1914

1914 Star, with clasp (10384 Pte. C. S. James. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (10384 Pte. C. S. James. C. Gds.) nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals.

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Carl Shaw James was born in 1893 at Ladywood, Warwickshire and was a resident of Merthyr Tydvil prior to attesting for the Coldstream Guards at Birmingham in September 1913. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 August 1914 and was killed in action on the Aisne on 14 September 1914 during his battalion’s attack towards Chemin des Dames above Troyon. Initially reported missing, he was later officially recorded dead on or since 14 September 1914 and was among the 389 casualties suffered by the Battalion that day.

He was the eldest son of William and Catherine James of Merthyr Tydvil and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.