Pair: Private C. W. Saddington, Leicestershire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (3639 Pte., Leic. R.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Charles William Saddington) plaque good very fine, others extremely fine (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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Charles William Saddington was born in and enlisted at Leicester. Serving initially as Private 3639 in the Leicestershire Yeomanry and then in the 1/4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 22 April 1917, aged 29 years. The husband of Agnes Saddington of 71 Evington Street, Leicester, he was buried in the Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France; the medals in (damaged) card box of issue, with forwarding slip, in (damaged) registered envelope addressed to his wife.