Special Collections

Sold on 16 December 2003

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The Jack Webb 1914 Star Collection

Jack Webb

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№ 622

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£70

1914 Star, with copy clasp (14268 Dvr. A. Hanwell, R.F.A.) good very fine £40-50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb 1914 Star Collection.

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Alfred Hanwell was born in Kensington and enlisted at Chiswick. Serving with the Royal Field Artillery he entered the France / Flanders theatre of war on 14 October 1914. As a Sergeant with “A” Battery, 124th Brigade, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 20 April 1917, aged 34 years. He was buried in the Henin Communal Cemetery Extension.