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№ 793

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25 March 2015

Hammer Price:
£70

Five: Lieutenant S. B. Hasell, Royal Engineers

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut); Defence Medal, unnamed; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., 1st issue (Dep. Sect. Ldr. Samuel B. Hasell); Belgium, Croix de Guerre, ‘A’ palm on ribbon, good very fine and better (5) £80-100

Samuel Beales Halsell was born in Farnborough in 1876, employed as a Surveyor of Highways for Hambleton Rural District Council. As a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, he entered France on 27 February 1917. Later promoted to Lieutenant. Later served in the Special Constabulary as a Deputy Section Leader. Died in Bramley, Surrey on 8 October 1945. With copied m.i.c. Croix de Guerre not confirmed.