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№ 1228

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10 May 2018

Hammer Price:
£190

Pair: Private J. Baker, Lancashire Fusiliers, killed in action on the Western Front, 11 July 1917
British War and Victory Medals (242349 Pte. J. Baker. Lan. Fus.) in named card boxes of issue, and contained in an outer O.H.M.S. envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. M. J. Rowe, 3 Winsford Hill, Winsford, Cheshire’, extremely fine

Pair:
Lance-Corporal W. Dawson, M.M., Lancashire Fusiliers, killed in action on the Western Front, 22 October 1917
British War and Victory Medals (16071 Pte. R. Dawson. Lan. Fus.) nearly very fine

Pair:
Private A. Williams, Lancashire Fusiliers, killed in action on the Western Front, 23 October 1917
British War and Victory Medals (41417 Pte. A. Williams. Lan. Fus.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine (6)
£140-180

Joseph Baker attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Winsford, Cheshire, and served during the Great War with the 2nd/6th Battalion on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 11 July 1917, and is buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Richard Dawson was born in Hanley, Staffordshire, and attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Tunstall, Staffordshire. He served during the Great War with the 18th Battalion on the Western Front, was awarded the Military Medal, and was killed in action on 22 October 1917. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Albert Williams was born in Southport, Lancashire, and attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Salford, Lancashire. He served during the Great War with the 18th Battalion on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 23 October 1917. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.