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Pair: Private S. Norman, Middlesex Regiment, who died on the Western Front on 27 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (G-26524 Pte. S Norman. Midd'x R.), good very fine
1914-15 Star (2117 Pte S. Stone. Notts: & Derby: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (G-12879 Pte. W. A. Allen. The Queen's R.; 19775 Pte. E. Baguley. Notts. & Derby R.; 21256 Pte. H. Huggett. G. Gds.; 1554 Pte. F. C. Streatfield Lan. Fus.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (30323 Pte. J. H. Handley. E. Lan. R.), edge bruising, very fine or better (8) £100-£140
S. Norman died on 27 September 1916, while serving with the 16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, and was buried at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.
Stanley Stone served with the Sherwood Foresters in France from 28 February 1915 and was discharged on 3 May 1916.
William Alfred Allen was killed in action on 31 July 1917, while serving with the 8th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Ernest Baguley, who previously served in the Leicestershire Regiment, was killed in action on 9 August 1915, while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Harry Huggett was killed in action on 14 June 1916, while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, and was buried at White House Cemetery, St Jean-les-Ypres.
Frederick Charles Streatfield was killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, on the first day of the Gallipoli Landings, while serving with the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey. For their gallantry that day the Lancashire Fusiliers were awarded ‘Six V.C.s before breakfast.’
James Henry Handley was killed in action on 19 June 1918, while serving with 'A' Company, 1/5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial.
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