Lot Archive

Lot

№ 375

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£260

Three: Private R. L. Graham, 10th (Scottish) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment

1914 Star (1619 Pte., 10/L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1619Pte., L’pool. R.); together with corresponding miniatures; four masonic medals, two of which are named to recipient, including one most attractive example in 9 carat gold and enamels, awarded by Ormskirk Priory Lodge in 1934; a family photograph album; card reunion badge, inscribed with recipients name and regimental number and ‘Maidan, 1st November 1914’; and other original documentation regarding the death of his brother, Private A. Graham, whilst serving with the Scots Guards in 1916, nearly extremely fine (10) £200-250

Robert L. Graham attested to the London Scottish on 4 September 1908 and was posted to ‘F’ Company as a Piper, accompanying the original contingent to France aboard the Maidan in November 1914. He was admitted to hospital on 12 December 1914, being invalided to the U.K. four days later, and granted a medical discharge on 23 November 1915.