Auction Catalogue

15 December 2000

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 34

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15 December 2000

Hammer Price:
£80

1914-15 Star (4), (A-1597 Pte. H. J. Busk; R-9866 Pte. R. Puller; R-2037 L.Sjt. C. W. Trimming; 9397 Cpl. H. Twell, all K.R. Rif. C.) very fine or better (4) £40-50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop.

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Harold John Busk, 2nd Battalion, was killed in action on 23 July 1916, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Richard Puller, 7th Battalion, was killed in action on 12 October 1917, at Dickebusch in the Ypres Salient, and is buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery.
Charles Winford Trimming, 8th Battalion, was killed in action on 30 July 1915, when the Germans used flame throwers and gas to retake trenches they had previously lost at Hooge. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.
Herbert Twell, 3rd Battalion, was killed in action on 15 February 1915, in a counter-attack near St Eloi. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.