Auction Catalogue

27 July 2022

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№ 137 x

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27 July 2022

Hammer Price:
£140

Three: Private A. Higginson, Liverpool Regiment
1914-15 Star (29051 Pte. A. Higginson. L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (29051 Pte. A. Higginson. L’pool R.) very fine

Three: Private W. Lakin, West Yorkshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (2525 Pte. W. Lakin. W. York: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2625 [sic] Pte. W. Lakin. W. York. R.) partially officially corrected; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2525. Pte. W. Lakin. W. York. R.) with lid of named card box of issue for the BWM and VM, good very fine

Pair: Private S. R. Lomer, Gordon Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 25 September 1915
1914-15 Star (S-11142. Pte. S. R. Lomer, Gord. Highrs.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (S-11142 Pte. S. R. Lomer. Gordons.) with Second War named OHMS transmission box, addressed to ‘Mr. F. Lomer, The Garage, Upton House, Old Alresford, Hants’, very fine (8) £80-£100

Adam Higginson attested for the Liverpool Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 June 1915.

Willie Lakin attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 April 1915.

Stanley R. Lomer attested for the Gordon Highlanders and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 July 1915. He was killed in action on 25 September 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.