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Medals from the Collection of David Lloyd

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№ 107

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17 February 2021

Hammer Price:
£260

Four: Musician H. C. Newton, Scots Guards, late Northumberland Fusiliers

British War and Victory Medals (8518 Pte. H. C. Newton. S. Gds.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (8518 Musician H. C. Newton. S. Gds:) mounted for display very fine (4) £40-£50

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Henry Chalcroft Newton was born at Purnah, India, and enlisted into the Northumberland Fusiliers on 1 January 1901, aged 15 years 7 months. He was appointed Bandsman on 1 April 1902, and appointed Lance-Corporal in May 1906. He served with the 1st Battalion in Mauritius and India and was promoted Corporal on 28 April 1909. He was discharged on 3 January 1913, and immediately re-enlisted into the band of the Scots Guards and was appointed Musician. During the Great War he served in France from April to August 1916, 22-30 May 1917, August to December 1917, and in France and Italy in February and March 1918. His L.S. & G.C. was announced in Army Order 333 of September 1919, by which time he had been appointed Lance-Corporal. He was finally discharged on 23 February 1923.