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№ 443

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21 June 2023

Hammer Price:
£120

1914-15 Star (5) (3467 Pte. R. H. Beatty. North’d Fus:; 6240 Pte. R. Brebner. North’d Fus:; 16085. Pte. W. H. Delaney, North’d. Fus.; 2881 Pte. R. J. Pleydell. North’d Fus:; 3840. Pte. J. Fleming, North’d. Fus.) number partially double-struck on last, generally nearly very fine and better (5) £100-£140

Robert Brebner was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and attested there for the Northumberland Fusiliers. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 August 1915, and died of wounds received on the Somme on 7 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.