Lot Archive

Lot

№ 390

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10 October 1995

Hammer Price:
£50

Pair: Private L. Walsh, Lancashire Fusiliers
1914-15 Star and Victory Medal (18480 Pte., Lan.Fus.) together with Soldier’s Pay Book, Discharge Certificate and three Army letters concerning wounds, medals abrasively polished, good fine (2)

Lawrence Walsh enlisted at Chorley on 3 April, 1915, and served with the 3rd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers in Egypt, 19/9/1915 to 23/3/1916, and France, 24/3/1916 to 19/8/1917. He was wounded by a gun shot in the left hand on 15 July, 1916, and again, severely, in the left forearm on 12 August, 1917.