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№ 378

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11 October 2023

Hammer Price:
£600

Three: Private H. G. Carrington, Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion and Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 August 1916

British War and Victory Medals (377 Pte. H. G. Carrington. Hunts. Cyc. Bn.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (377 Pte. H. G. Carrington. Hunts. Cyc. Bn.) all with named lids from the card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Harold George Carrington) small patch of verdigris staining to plaque, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400

Harold George Carrington was born at Eaton Locon, Bedfordshire, and enlisted at St. Neots, Bedfordshire. He served with the Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and then with the 1/5th Territorial Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and was killed in action on 18 August 1916. He is buried at Ovillers Military Cemetery, France.

Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the British War and Victory Medals.