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

№ 974

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23 June 2005

Hammer Price:
£150

Three: Serjeant C. R. Needham, Rifle Brigade

1914-15 Star (B-583 Sjt., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (B-583 Sjt., Rif. Brig.) good very fine and better (3) £80-100

Charles Richard Needham was born in Old Ford, Middlesex and enlisted at Finsbury. Serving with the 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 25 August 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.