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29 June 2022

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№ 294

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29 June 2022

Hammer Price:
£150

Pair: Driver W. Fowler, Royal Field Artillery, who was wounded in action and taken Prisoner of War on the Western Front on 27 May 1918, and died of his wounds in captivity on 15 October 1918

British War and Victory Medals (2911 Dvr. W. Fowler. R.A.); Memorial Plaque (William Fowler) the plaque mounted for display in a circular wooden frame, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100

William Fowler was born in Sunderland, Co. Durham, in 1896 and attested there for the Royal Field Artillery. He served with ‘C’ Battery, 251st Brigade, during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded in action and taken Prisoner of War near to Chapelle d’Armentieres on 27 May 1917. He died of his wounds in captivity, and is buried in Berlin South Eastern Cemetery.

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