Auction Catalogue

8 December 2021

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 78

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8 December 2021

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Private J. E. Byrne, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 30 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (GS-76961 Pte. J. E. Byrne. R. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (John Edward Byrne) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100

John Edward Byrne was born in Dublin and attested for the Royal Fusiliers at Norwich. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 30 August 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France.

Sold with copied research.