Auction Catalogue

23 March 2022

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Lot

№ 595

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23 March 2022

Hammer Price:
£260

Memorial Plaque (3) (Arthur Bruce Seton; Stanley William Butler; Edwin Scarbrough) first in card envelope, minor wear to high relief points and some verdigris to first, generally very fine and better (3) £140-£180

Arthur Bruce Seton attested for the 18th Battalion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 March 1915. He was killed in action on 29 June 1916 and is buried in the Tranchee de Mecknes Cemetery, Aix-Noulette, France.

Stanley William Butler, a native of Blackheath, London, attested for the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 March 1915. He was killed in action during the Battle of Loos on 28 October 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.

Edwin Scarbrough (also recorded as Scarborough) attested for the 21st (First Surrey Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 15 September 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.