A Collection of Medals to the South Wales Borderers

Pair: Private A. E. Dickens, South Wales Borderers, later Welsh Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 September 1918

British War and Victory Medals (58336 Pte. A. Dickens. S. Wales Bord.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Dickens) the plaque cleaned, very fine (3) £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the South Wales Borderers.

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Albert Edward Dickens was born in Ystrad, Glamorgan, in 1893 and attested for the South Wales Borderers at Pentre, Glamorgan, on 11 November 1916. He served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 August 1918, before transferring to the 13th Battalion, Welsh Regiment on 6 September 1918. He was killed in action on 18 September 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France.