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Sold on 18 May 2011

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The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection

Brigadier W.E. Strong, C St J

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№ 609

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18 May 2011

Hammer Price:
£280

Three: Lieutenant A. J. A. Craven, Royal Artillery, late Assam-Burma Railway Volunteer Rifles, who died on 27 August 1918

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Voltr. A. J. A. Craven, A.B. Ry. Voltr. Rfls.) last with initials officially corrected, good very fine and better (3) £120-150

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Austin James Arthur Craven was born in India on 11 June 1874. Served as a Volunteer in the Assam-Burma Railway Volunteer Rifles. Served in the Boer War as a Lieutenant on ‘General Service attached to the Inland Water Transport, R.E. Between the wars he was employed on various Indian railways, serving as manager of the Bengal Light Railway, 1903-13. During 1913-16 he was manager of a firm of solicitors. On 2 April 1917 he was accepted for service with the Inland Water Transport Service in Mesopotamia. In early 1918 he was listed as a member of the 5th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. Craven entered the France theatre of war on 2 August 1918 but soon after was found unconscious in Rouen having suffered a fractured skull. He was invalided to England and died on 27 August 1918, aged 48 years. The son of James Keven Craven and husband of Charlotte Popham Craven; he was buried in Kensal Green (St. Mary’s) Roman Catholic Cemetery. With copied m.i.c. and service notes.