Auction Catalogue

5 December 2024

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№ 493

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5 December 2024

Hammer Price:
£130

1914-15 Star (7) (Bombr. J. P. Du Toit C.G.A. H.A.B.; L-8493 Dvr J. R. Forster. R.F.A.; 878. Dvr. A. S. Gill. H.A.C.; 43991 Gnr: W. Gorman. 1/Can: Div: A.C.; Gnr. B. A. Randles 7th Cit. Batt.; L-8912 A.Bmbr: E. Richardson. R.F.A.; 42444 Dvr: F. E. Thynne. R.F.A.) nearly very fine and better (7) £120-£160

Arthur Salisbury Gill attested for 3/B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company, in June 1915. Posted to Egypt, his Army Service Record confirms that he died at the Citadel Hospital in Cairo on 9 December 1915 in consequence of diabetes.

Edward Richardson suffered a compound fracture to the right leg in May 1916 whilst serving with 150th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.

Frederick Edward Thynne was born in Westminster and attested for the Royal Field Artillery on 12 November 1914. Posted to 130th Brigade, his Army Service Record records that he died of self-inflicted wounds on 22 April 1917 whilst serving in Salonika.