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15 October 2020

Hammer Price:
£170

British War Medal 1914-20 (8) (1834 Pte. G. Simmons. Rif. Brig.; 2501 Pte. C. E. White. A. Cyc. Corps.; 37927 Pte. W. Sands. M.G.C.; 310315 Pte. T. B. Morris. Tank Corps; 103703 Pte. H. Ashton. R.A.M.C.; 9688 Cpl. A. Sands. A.P.C.; P-2183 L.Cpl. W. W. Latter M.F.P.; 09442 Pt- H.- -va-s A.O.C.) attempted erasure of last, otherwise generally nearly very fine or better (8) £100-£140

George Simmons, of Hove, Sussex, attested for the Rifle Brigade and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 December 1914. Shortly thereafter he transferred to the Army Cyclist Corps with number 5826, and was killed in action on 15 March 1915.

Charles Edwin White attested for the Army on 9 June 1909 and was serving with the newly formed Army Cyclist Corps as part of the 29th Divisional Cycle Company when they went ashore at Gallipoli on 29 April 1915. He was discharged through sickness on 26 October 1918 and was entitled to the Silver War Badge No. B71923.

William Sands, of Crail, Fife, attested for the Machine Gun Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 31 July 1917, on the first day of the third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Passchendaele), and is buried in Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium.

Thomas Birtwell Morris, of Accringtaon, Lancashire, formerly of the Reserve Cavalry Regiment, served with the Tank Corps during the Great War and died of disease on 6 November 1918. He is buried in the Mont Huan Military Cemetery, Le Trepor.

Henry Ashton, of Bolton, Lancashire, attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them during the Great War in Salonika. He died on 9 November 1916, and is buried in the Lembet Road Military Cemetery.

William Wilfred Latter attested for the Military Foot Police on 16 October 1915 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 December 1915. He was discharged medically unfit through sickness on 27 August 1917 and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 223606.

Henry Nelson Evans attested for the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 25 August 1915 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 December 1915. He was discharged through sickness on 19 December 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. B90484.