Auction Catalogue

23 June 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 912 x

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23 June 2005

Hammer Price:
£210

Three: Chauffeur J. C. Hurton, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, whose skills behind the wheel were called upon in 1914

1914 Star (J. C. Hurton, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (J. C. Hurton, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.), together with S.J.A.B. badge, generally very fine or better and rare (4) £140-180

John Charles Hurton first entered the French theatre of war on 10 October 1914, his MIC entry further confirming that he was employed as a chauffeur by the B.R.C.S. and O. St. J.J.