Auction Catalogue

5 December 2024

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Lot

№ 265

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5 December 2024

Hammer Price:
£85

Pair: Sergeant S. Goulden, Somerset Light Infantry, who died at home on 27 June 1918
British War and Victory Medals (265823 Sjt. S. Goulden. Som. L.I.) nearly extremely fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (9856 Pte. I. H. Harris. Som. L.I.; 15800 Pte. C. Watkins. Dorset. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (25690 Pte. S. W. Kearl. Hamps. R.) edge bruise to first, very fine (5) £60-£80

Sidney Goulden was born at Wilton, Wiltshire, and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment at Salisbury. Transferring to the Somerset Light Infantry, he served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died at home on 27 June 1918 and is buried in Bournemouth East Cemetery, Hampshire.