Auction Catalogue

7 November 2024

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 285

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7 November 2024

Hammer Price:
£75

Pair: Private W. Cooper, Cheshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (2691 Pte. W. Cooper. Ches. R.) very fine

Pair: Private H. Goostrey, Cheshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (48299 Pte. H. Goostrey. Ches. R.) edge bruises to BWM, otherwise very fine

Pair: Private J. W. Hastilow, Cheshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (77592 Pte. J. W. Hastilow. Ches. R.) contact marks, some staining, nearly very fine (6) £70-£90

Walter Cooper attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War on 5 October 1914 and served on the Western Front with the 6th Battalion from 30 August 1916. He received a Gun Shot Wound to his left foot on 10 May 1917, another Gun Shot Wound on 25 November 1917, was further wounded from the effects of a gas shell on 28 August 1918 and received a further Gun Shot Wound to his left leg on 29 October 1918. He was demobilised on 17 March 1919