Auction Catalogue

7 December 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

№ 749

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7 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£170

British War Medal 1914-20 (10) (2 Lieut. H. Clidero; 50107 Pte. W. G. Findlay, H.L.I.; 40696 Pte. M. Aitken, R. Scots; 60147 Pte. G. Clayworth, Y. & L. R.; 203419 Pte. J. T. Savage, W. York. R.; 40695 Pte. A. A. L. Le Rouge, Hamps. R.; 63627 Pte. G. Prout, K.O.Y.L.I.; 20-268 Pte. A. Nesbitt, Durh. L.I.; 5657 Dvr. B. Hunton, R.A.; SS-1038 Pte. W. Reily, A.S.C.; S-331387 Pte. J. Gifford, A.S.C.) very fine and better (10) £120-160

2nd Lieutenant Herbert Clidero, 2nd attached 8th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment was killed on 1 September 1918. He was buried in the Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Matthew Aitken was born in and enlisted at Bathgate, West Lothian. Serving in the 12th Battalion Royal Scots, he died of wounds on 16 January 1917. He was buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.