Auction Catalogue

13 September 2023

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 285

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13 September 2023

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Gunner B. J. Faux, Royal Artillery, who died on 19 April 1919

British War and Victory Medals (L-40880 Gnr. B. J. Faux. R.A.); Memorial Plaque (Benjamin Joseph Faux) very fine (3) £100-£140

Benjamin Joseph Faux, from Lower Clapton, East London was born around 1890. He attested into the Royal Artillery on 6 September 1915 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 3 May 1916. Employed as a Shoeing Smith, he died of pneumonia, as a result of the Spanish Flu epidemic on 19 April 1919. He is buried in Houchin British Military Cemetery, Pas-du-Calais, France.

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