Special Collections

Sold on 2 April 2004

1 part

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The Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties formed by Tim Parsons

Tim Parsons

Lot

№ 221

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£300

Three: Private J. H. Dorber, South Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 19 April 1916

1914-15 Star
(19507 Pte., S. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (19507 Pte., S. Lan. R.), with related Memorial Plaque (John Henry Dorber) and I.D. disc, extremely fine (5) £200-250

John Henry Dorber, who was born at Salford, Lancashire and enlisted at Carnarvon, Wales, was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 19 April 1916, while serving in the 6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment; he is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.

Sold with original Record Office forwarding letters for the recipient’s 1914-15 Star, and his B.W.M. and Victory Medals.