Medals from the Royal Berkshire Collection

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private R. N. Coleman, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 August 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (203141 Pte. R. N. Coleman. 2/R. Berks: R.) minor edge nick, the obverse polished and worn, therefore fine, the reverse better £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Royal Berkshire Collection.

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M.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917.

Raymond Noel Coleman was born at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment at Cheltenham. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 16 August 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.