Auction Catalogue

28 & 29 March 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1507

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29 March 2012

Hammer Price:
£140

Pair: Private F. Hool, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, killed in action, France/Flanders, 28 April 1917

British War and Victory Medals (33939 Pte., L.N. Lan. R.); Memorial Plaque (Frank Hool) nearly extremely fine (3)
£100-140

Frank Hool was born and lived in Grimsby, Lincolnshire and enlisted at Chisledon, Wiltshire. Serving with the 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 28 April 1917. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

With original (slightly damaged) commemorative scroll; together with copied casualty details and war diary extracts giving details of the battalion’s attack on Greenland Hill, 28 April 1917.