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

№ 1054

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23 June 2005

Hammer Price:
£70

Pair: Private A. L. Harrison, Gloucestershire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (27692 Pte., Glouc. R.) extremely fine (2) £60-80

Arthur Leonard Harrison was born in Manchester and enlisted at Birmingham. Serving with the 14th (Service) Battalion (West of England) (Bantams) Gloucestershire Regiment, he was killed in action, France/Flanders on 7 September 1916, aged 25 years. The son of William and Mary Elizabeth Harrison of 231 Beaumont Road, Bournville, Birmingham; he was buried in the Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France.