Auction Catalogue

23 June 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 261

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23 June 2005

Hammer Price:
£85

1914-15 Star (2) (1945 Pte. W. E. Rattee, 6-Lond. R.; 76306 Dvr. F. Shorter, R.F.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (A-361293 Pte. F. Beadle, A.S.C.)

Pair: Private J. W. E. Scarlett, 1st Battalion London Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (23149 Pte., 1-Lond. R.), mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £40-60

Walter Edward Rattee was born in Felixstowe and living in Marylebone, enlisted at London. Serving in the 6th (City of London) Battalion London Regiment, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 15 September 1916, aged 22 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.