Auction Catalogue

13 December 2007

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 840

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13 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£320

Pair: Private D. Graham, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, killed in action, 1st day of the battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916

British War and Victory Medals (10477 Pte. D. Graham, R. Innis. Fus.) good very fine (2) £250-300

Douglas Graham was born in Tipperary, lived in Wicklow and enlisted at Swinford. Serving with the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, he was killed in action on 1 July 1916 - the 1st day of the battle of the Somme. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.