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29 June 2022

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№ 470

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29 June 2022

Hammer Price:
£90

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Lieut. H. W. Craig.; 4123 Pte. M. Dunne. Ir. Gds.) the fist lacking suspension and planchet only; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (Lieut. A. P. Lopez.; A. C. Tyndale, M.A.D.); together with an unofficial 1914-19 Great War Commemorative Medal in bronze, traces of verdigris, generally very fine (5) £80-£100

Hedley William Craig, a native of Bray, Co. Wicklow, attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 September 1914. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 1 January 1916, he subsequently served on attachment to 30 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, and was killed in action in aerial combat over Samara, Mesopotamia, when his BE2c was shot down on 15 April 1917. He is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.

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A. P. Lopez served as a Lieutenant with the Indian Medical Department.

A. C. Tyndale served as a Military Account Second Class (with the honorary rank of Lieutenant) with the Military Accounts Department.