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№ 283

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7 November 2024

Hammer Price:
£75

Pair: Pioneer W. A. Barker, Royal Engineers, late Private, Cheshire Regiment, who died on 23 June 1919
British War and Victory Medals (46041 Pte. W. A. Barker. Ches. R.), in named damaged card box of issue with condolence slip, extremely fine

Pair: Private P. Finn, Cheshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (243573 Pte. P. Finn. Ches. R.), with original Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve and an orighinal named card box of issue for a Second War Defence Medal extremely fine

Pair: Private J. McAllister, Royal Air Force, late Cheshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (24747 Pte. J. McAllister. Ches. R.), in flattened named box of issue, very fine (6) £70-£90

William Albert Barker attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front. He transferred into the Labour Corps, and then the Royal Engineers and died of pneumonia on 23 June 1919. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

Sold with copied Medal Index Card and copied Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry.

James McAllister attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion. He received a Gun Shot Wound on 30 August 1918 and later transferred into the Royal Air Force in May 1918.