Pair: Private T. Lees, Worcestershire Regiment, who was killed in action at the Battle of Kut-al-Amara on 25 January 1917

British War and Victory Medals (30620 Pte. T. Lees. Worc. R.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Thomas Lees) in card envelope, extremely fine (3) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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Thomas Lees was born in Warley, Worcestershire, and attested for the Worcestershire Regiment at Oldbury, Worcestershire. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia, and was killed in action at the Battle of Kut-al-Amara on 25 January 1917. In his last letter home he had written: ‘I don’t think it will last much longer now we keep on giving the Turks a bit of shot and shell.’ He is buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Sold with named Record Officer enclosure for he British War and Victory Medals, in OHMS envelope; copied local newspaper cuttings, giving details of his letters home; and copied research.