Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Pair: Private F. Burdett, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 June 1917
British War and Victory Medals (40916 Pte. F. Burdett. Manch. R.), both in named card boxes of issue, with outer OHMS transmission envelopes addressed to ‘Mrs. M. Burdett, 204, Harrison Road, Leicester’; Memorial Plaque (Frank Burdett) in card envelope, extremely fine

Pair: Private W. H. Burdett, South Staffordshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (5333 Pte. W. H. Burdett. S. Staff. R.) nearly extremely fine (5) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family.

Francis Burdett was born in Leicester and attested there for the Leicestershire Regiment. Transferring to the Manchester Regiment he served with the 19th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the Ypres Salient 23 June 1917. He is buried in Perth Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium.

Sold with named Record Office enclosures for both medals, a large portrait photograph of the recipient, mounted in a glazed display frame; and copied research.

William H. Burdett, the brother of Francis Burdett, was born in Nottingham and attested for the South Staffordshire Regiment, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front. Wounded, he was honourably discharged on 5 May 1919.

Sold with the recipient’s Honourable Discharge Certificate, this mounted in a glazed display frame.

Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.