Auction Catalogue

5 April 2006

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

№ 567

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5 April 2006

Hammer Price:
£80

British War Medal 1914-20 (26349 Pte. Pte. A. E. Way, Wilts. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (35148 Pte. A. E. Williams, Essex R.; 6592 Pte. J. D. Shepherd, 18-Lond. R.) good very fine and better (3) £60-80

Arthur Edgar Way was born in Bridport, Dorset and living at Salisbury, enlisted at Warminster, Wiltshire. Serving with the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 12 April 1918. He was buried in the Strand Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

Arthur Ernest Williams was born in Holloway, Middlesex and enlisted at Barnsbury. Serving with the 13th (West Ham) Battalion Essex Regiment, he was killed in action on 26 December 1917. He was buried in the Hermies Hill British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

6592 Private J. D. Shepherd, 18th London Regiment, later served as Private 76334 in the 10th Battalion Devon Regiment. He died on 14 February 1920 and was buried in the Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Turkey.