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№ 221

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20 April 2022

Hammer Price:
£95

Three: Corporal F. V. Keen, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (56296 A. Bmbr: F. V. Keen, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (56296 Cpl. F. V. Keen R.A.) very fine

Pair:
Gunner A. L. Reed, Royal Artillery who was discharged due to wounds in February 1919
British War and Victory Medals (891408 Gnr. A. L. Reed. R.A.) edge bruise, very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (2)
(164346 Gnr. J. H. Hook. R.A.; 147115 Gnr. W. H. C. Stanley. R.A.) very fine (7) £100-£140

Frederick Vincent Keen was born at Southlea, near Witney, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Oxford in 1909. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 December 1914, and subsequently in Salonika and Egypt.

Sold with the original named Record Office enclosures for the three medals; and a R.A. cap badge.


Arthur Leonard Reed attested for the Royal Field Artillery on 3 May 1915 and was discharged from 4th Reserve Brigade on 1 February 1919 due to wounds. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 145110.