Pair: Private J. Russell, Leicestershire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (16621 Pte., Leic. R.), together with related Memorial Plaque (James Russell) good very fine and better (3) £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Leicester Regiment and Yeomanry formed by the late Trevor Harris.

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James Russell was born in and enlisted at Leicester. Serving in the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, he died of wounds in Mesopotamia on 23 April 1917. His name is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.