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№ 362

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17 February 2021

Hammer Price:
£240

Pair: Second Lieutenant C. M. Bellis, Cheshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 9 July 1916
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. M. Bellis.)
very fine

Pair
: Private H. Cotton, East Lancashire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (39293 Pte. H. Cotton. E. Lan. R.)
very fine

Pair: Sergeant J. Else, Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (70516 A. Sjt. J. Else. Notts. & Derby. R.) with named lid of original card box of issue, good very fine (6) £80-£120

Cecil Magnus Bellis, of Prenton, Birkenhead, Cheshire, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Cheshire Regiment, having previously served in the ranks, and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died of wounds on 9 July 1916, whilst attached to the 13th Battalion, and is buried at the Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, France.