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№ 784

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21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£120

The Memorial Plaque awarded to Private B. Cundy, M.M., Essex Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 5 July 1916

Memorial Plaque (Bertie Cundy) minor traces of verdigris, good fine £60-£80

Bertie Cundy, who was born in West Mersea, Essex, was awarded the M.M. (London Gazette, 5 June 1916), shortly before he died of wounds on the Western Front on 5 July 1916, aged 26, while serving with the 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment. He was buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.