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23 March 2022

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23 March 2022

Hammer Price:
£200

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. W. M. Strathearn. R.A.F.) suspension loose, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £100-£140

William Miller Strathearn attested for Lovat’s Scouts and served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 7 September 1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Cameron Highlanders on 29 August 1917, he transferred to the Royal Air Force and served with 56 Squadron. His SE5a was shot down near Douai during the fighting on the Drocourt-Queant Line on 2 September 1918, and he was taken Prisoner of War. He was repatriated on 8 December 1918.