Auction Catalogue

27 July 2022

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Lot

№ 111

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27 July 2022

Hammer Price:
£100

Three: Private A. Rawlings, Royal Fusiliers

1914 Star (8325 Pte. A. Rawlings. 4/R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (SR-8325 Pte. A. Rawlings. R. Fus.) good very fine (3) £80-£100

Alexander Rawlings was born in St. Giles, London, in 1890 and attested for the Army Reserve at Stratford, Essex, on 13 October 1908, having previously served in the 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Mobilised on 8 August 1914, he served with the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 November 1914, and suffered from tubercle of the lung brought in Belgium at the end of 1914. He was discharged, permanently unfit for medical service, on 23 February 1915, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Sold with copied record of service and Medal Index Card.