Lot Archive

Lot

№ 218

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13 September 2012

Hammer Price:
£95

Victory Medal 1914-19 (10) (A-293891 Pte. B. J. Bugdale, A.S.C.; R-258708 Pte. A. B. Cooper, A.S.C.; M-340751 Pte. A. Partridge, A.S.C.; M2-076834 Pte. J. Ralston, A.S.C.; M-284037 Pte. W. W. Truman, A.S.C.; M2-0811995 Pte. A. E. Twidle, A.S.C.; T1-3823 Dvr. H. Williams, A.S.C.; 558456 Pte. L. Rosner, 8 Labour C.; 509367 Pte. S. Wormald, Labour Corps; SE-18364 Pte. T. Taylor, A.V.C.) ‘Ralston’ and ‘Truman’ without suspension rings; ‘Rosner’ renamed; ‘Wormald’ with replacement suspension, fine and better (10) £80-120

Arthur Edmund Twidle came from Hull. Serving with the 335th M.T. Company, A.S.C., attached to XIII Corps Heavy Artillery, he was killed in action on 19 October 1918, aged 21 years. He was buried in the Bertry Communal Cemetery, near Cambrai. He was the son of Arthur and Alice Twidle, of 1 Edwards Avenue, Holmes Street, Hull.

Private Thomas Taylor, A.V.C. was later awarded the Silver War Badge.